What’s New for the Retirement visa

From 1 July 2009

Retirement visa holders are able to apply for a visa which is valid for 10 years and is not subject to a condition limiting the amount of work (paid and unpaid) that they are able to undertake.

Holders of a current Retirement visa should note that their visas will not be automatically adjusted.  Visa holders should renew their current visa just prior to expiry in order to be granted a visa which is valid for 10 years and has unlimited work rights.

For those visa holders who wish to undertake more than 20 hours paid work per week transitional arrangements have been put in place to allow them to obtain unlimited work rights.
See: Retirement (subclass 410) visa enhancements (35KB PDF file)