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Recruitment Agent: Verifying Student Visa Work Hours
Recruitment Agent (speaking English) and Job Seeker (speaking Mandarin) talk through “Recruitment Agent: Verifying Student Visa Work Hours”. You interpret both ways — English into Mandarin, and Mandarin into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Hello, thanks for coming in today. Before we proceed with your job placement, I need to confirm your current visa work conditions. Do you currently hold a student visa?
是的，我目前持有学生签证，正在读研究生课程。我听说学生签证每两周只能工作二十个小时，是这样吗？
Actually, that limit has changed. Since 1 July 2023, student visa holders in Australia can work up to 48 hours per fortnight during term time.
哦，原来现在改成四十八个小时了，那我可以多接一些工作了。不过我不太确定具体规定，怕自己弄错。
No problem — we can verify your exact visa conditions using VEVO, the Australian government's Visa Entitlement Verification Online system, right now.
好的，那需要我提供护照号码还是签证号码来查询呢？
Just your passport number and date of birth; VEVO will pull up your current visa grant details and conditions instantly.
明白了，我马上把护照资料发给你。如果查出来工作时数跟我说的不一样，你们会怎么处理？
If VEVO shows different conditions from what you expect, we'll adjust your placement hours accordingly — we can't roster more hours than your visa allows.
好的，我理解。那如果我毕业以后还想继续在这家公司工作，是不是需要换成别的签证类型？
Yes, once you finish your course, you'd need a different visa, such as a graduate visa or an employer-sponsored visa, to keep working legally.
好的，那我会提前了解毕业后签证的信息，如果情况有变化，我会直接打电话到你们办公室确认。
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