Flights home on a 457

Ste67

Paid off there n I've been looking for a

job now the last month with no luck at all,

what's the story with the sponser getting

you home. Can you give them a date

and route and there obliged to book it?

mandrake04

Employers main obligation is to get you out of country so you are no longer an immigration concern, they have to pay for your flight but it can still be the cheapest seat with whatever airline they choose.

Peregrinus

No. You specify the country you want to go to (which must be a country for which you hold a passport). The employer's obligation is to pay the "reasonable and necessary costs" of getting you there. That means the cost of an economy class ticket with any scheduled airline that flies the route. They don't have to pay extra either to get you on the route you like best, or a flight on the date you like best, or the airline you like the best.

On the plus side, they have no obligation to book the ticket, just to pay the cost. Which means that you can probably arrange the ticket you want, even if it costs a bit more. The employer is unlikely to have a problem with you topping up the reasonable and necessary costs that he pays with an extra amount so that you can fly your preferred route/date/airline.

Chucken

Is a sponser not different to an employer?

Mellor

Chucken wrote: »

Is a sponser not different to an employer?

No. Not in terms of a 457 Visa.

ArseBurger

You also have to apply for the travel costs in writing. They do not breach any obligation by not paying up unless you apply in writing.

i.e. Don't hang around waiting for them to initiate contact and force money/tickets on you.