School Fees 457 visa holders in South Australia

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School Fees 457 visa holders in South Australia

From the news

Education Minister Susan Close has announced that 457 visa workers earning a household income of more than $57,000 will have to start paying school fees of up to $6100 from next year. The move brings SA into line with WA, NSW and the ACT.

Fees will only be charged on 457 visa families with a gross income of more than $57,000.

Sliding discounts will be applied to families earning up to $77,000, after which parents will pay the full fee.

For the first year, the new charge will only apply to people who arrive in SA from January 1, 2017.

From January 2018 it will apply to all 457 visa holders living the state, regardless of when they arrived.

 

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/state-government-poised-to-charge-parents-on-457-visas-up-to-6100-per-child-for-public-education/news-story/e0bed470801a9d11614611257fc67f63?nk=a1a16a4f5bb05a4a1e8d54ad1bc98a29-1459376635

[elleneo]

For those on here these visas, do investigate catholic school, here in Sydney you don't pay international student rates, you pay what everyone else pays....some catholic primary schools are as cheap as $2500 a year.

[WayneACT]

Does South Australia, like ACT, also have a Skilled Occupation List that allows the 457 visa holder who occupies a job on that list, to be exempt of any school fees?

[Mara]

Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales are the only states currently charging the fees, which are collected by the State Government.

[WayneACT]

I looked on the http://www.det.act.gov.au/school_education/international_students/temporary_residents_and_dependants site and it states the following:

 

For all visa subclasses not in the fee exemption categories above, full international student tuition fees are payable before dependants may enroll in any ACT public school. The visa subclasses for which tuition fees are liable are as follows:

 

457	Business (Long Stay) if occupation not listed on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection Skilled Occupation List (SOL)

 

So it looks like we exempt in ACT as we are on a 457 visa that falls under the SOL.