Financial Support for Temporary Visa Holders in Australia - COVID 19
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#2204
We make a life here in Australia and pay tax’s and cannot go home.We need help with financial support too as well as citizens.
Lauren Levine (Sydney, 2020-03-27)
#2206
Temporary visa holders including 4 of my nieces and 2 nephews are student visa holders. They have limited work and out of work and need to pay rent and school fees.Anna Boyce (Sawtell, 2020-03-27)
#2211
Tuition, rent, life cost.....Lycan Wu (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2214
Backpackers make up an important part of the Australian economy. We are struggling as much as others during these tough times, and are often faced with difficult decisions about staying or going home. We need to stick it through in order to help the agricultural sector.Samuel Wyner (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2218
Save a SoulGodfrey Nnabugwu (Aba, 2020-03-27)
#2219
Im signing because i cant afford my rent and college payment. And I need money to survive this Covid in Sydney.Maria isabel Gomez Echeverri (Sydney, 2020-03-27)
#2220
I’m signing because, I’ve been stranded in Australia with no jobs, but yet I’ve to kept paying rent and bills. And my saving is almost ran out.Ridjal Aman (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2221
We pay taxes and are classed as residents for tax purposes we should be entitled to some support in theses challenging times.
Laura OSullivan (Sydney, 2020-03-27)
#2223
I’m currently on a WHV working very little hours due to the virus, i’m unable to afford a flight home and having to live in the uncertainty of being able to eat in the next few weeks. I’ve also had to let another WHV holder sleep on my sofa as he lost his job and could no longer afford a hostel.Grace Leach (Perth, 2020-03-27)
#2224
I'm signing this because of my current situation with covid-19. I can't get work and I can't get a flight home without it costing 3,000 - 4,000 dollars which is extortion and I simply just can't afford itDylan Hoey (Byron bay, 2020-03-27)
#2231
I am on a bridging visa and may not have work soon. I have friends that are on working holiday visas who works have closed down. Flights are getting cancelledHannah Carrie (Moree, 2020-03-27)
#2232
I’m signing because I have lived in Australia for almost 3 years, and have paid taxes all the way through. I don’t think it’s fair that I and other in this position shouldn’t be eligible for anything while this crisis is going. I still have rent to pay, and will with the money buy food and essentials which will equal in more taxes that I’m putting out money for and to say we don’t deserve to benefit from that?Marie Olofsson (Orange, 2020-03-27)
#2234
I lost my job, like everyone else in Port Douglas, cause this little town supports their economy in hospitality. I have a work and holiday visa.Nicole Ketterer (Port Douglas, 2020-03-27)
#2235
Its fairStefano Caprioli (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2238
I am on student visa and facing hard times as become unemployed.Vishal Kumar (Ipswich, 2020-03-27)
#2242
I'm a international studentHeloisa Galesi (Noosa Heads, 2020-03-27)
#2245
Irish stuck in AustraliaAoife McNamee (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2246
I have financial situation. I need helpDuong Nguyen (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2251
I work in the hospitality industry along side so many amazing people who are here on student/holiday/temporary visas that are now out of work and terrified of their future. They deserve our help as well!Georgie Ross (Gold Coast, 2020-03-27)
#2252
I am working as a nurse in Australia with no guaranteed work. I need to pay rent and be able to liveEvie Woodburn (Armadale, 2020-03-27)
#2258
I'm a student holding student visa, currently not working so I would like to sign this petition, hopefully to get some support from Australia government.Jase Lee (Perth, 2020-03-27)
#2262
We don't find a job anywhere hard to find a place to sleep as we are travelling with our car and don't have really a home.Clara Timmroth (Cairns, 2020-03-27)
#2268
I'm signing because I'm on a temporary visa (417) I have recently entered and was in search of a job. I am now stranded with no job and my savings are running low. I'm dependent on friends but it wont last for long. I dont know what I will be doing.Amanda Carosella (WA, 2020-03-27)
#2269
Loss of income due to covid-19 and im on graduate visa, so no centrelink help.Elena Rosito (Southport, 2020-03-27)
#2275
I know many temporary visa holders who have been financially impacted by the Corona Virus and Government measures that have been implemented to contain it. In particular, international students that previously worked whilst studying and paid income tax. In addition, international students contribute greatly to the Australian economy.Andrejs Celisevs (Biggera Waters, 2020-03-27)
#2276
I’m in a difficult situation and unable to get homeEllie Grennan (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2283
I’m signing because we all are losing our job and we’ve been paying tax for Australia in the good time,now it’s not a good time and to me Australia needs to help everyone as we’ve been doing for the economy.Luigi Masaniello (Redfern, 2020-03-27)
#2284
I think it’s only fair they have some financial helpTrangii Luong-Nguyen (Brisbane, 2020-03-27)
#2286
I need to have also a visa extended while the crisis is happening.Chloe Favre (Hawthorn, 2020-03-27)
#2294
I am a 417 visa holder and will soon be applying for PR, I'm very worried about our financial support if we lose our jobs.Meghan Kealey (Adelaide, 2020-03-27)
#2295
I’m struggling to find rent, school and let alone eating after loosing my 20hrs a weekJoshua Rayner (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2298
Because we students also the same amount of tax as residents and pay excessive amount of money into educationIago Tinoco (Perth, 2020-03-27)
#2304
I am on a WHV and effected by COVID 19Caitlin Fickling (Sydney, 2020-03-27)
#2305
I, in no way, have money to last me the next few weeks if I have to pay rent, food & school... no less if I get sick and have to pay for treatment.Kayla Kerendian (Rosebank, NSW, 2020-03-27)
#2312
I'm signing this because I have lost my job and I am a student in Sydney I can't afford to pay my rentPranav Shirgurkar (Sydney, 2020-03-27)
#2316
I'm signing because is this is a most unusual situation and these people need help. It's ok to take tax from non Australians when they are working so they need to be helped in this situation.Ali Kerr (Christchurch, 2020-03-27)
#2325
They paid taxes and how are they supposed to live now not fair on them give them somethingDiane Happ (Gold Coast, 2020-03-27)
#2330
I have friends that are temporary visa holders and they have lost their jobs in hospitality which we all work in but won’t receive anything.Alannah Paterson (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2332
Lost my job in the hospitality industryGrace Gaughran (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2333
I'm Irish in AustraliaRobert Finn (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2337
Many people are now trapped here with no financial support and no jobs! Temporary visa holders benefit the Australian economy hugely so they should also be looked after.Shelley Allen (Sydney, 2020-03-27)
#2342
I’m signing because I can’t feel safe in this situation. If this is going to be months like that, then in money wise it will be really hard to survive here, because in this situation all the working give work at first to citizens and there’s just no place to give work to WH makers or other’s who have temporary visas. So it kinda feels we are left out. I know everyone here is having hard time, but for as a foreigner it is also hard, because I don’t have no family in here to go to and also going back to my homecountry will be really expensive.I am from Voka, Estonia.
Kelly Peetsalu (Leeton, 2020-03-27)
#2348
My friends are stranded in Australia with no financial supportDanielle Tyler (Bedworth, 2020-03-27)
#2352
I think they like everybody need some support.Henri de Mezieres (Greenbank, 2020-03-27)
#2354
My wife is here on a holiday visa, lost her job due to corona virus and can’t get another.Daniel Moloney (Palm Beach, 2020-03-27)
#2356
Financial Assistance Grants to eligible temporary visa holdersFelipe Saavedra (Lennox head, 2020-03-27)
#2364
I am on a 482 visa and my work has closed down so not receiving any incomeHolly Baumgart (Manly, 2020-03-27)
#2366
This is really important,, Many students will not be able to ask there families for financial support including me,, so I hope we receive a single output of it.Jatinder Singh (Melbourne, 2020-03-27)
#2379
I have 4 members familyMarcelo Serrano (Brisbane, 2020-03-27)
#2381
My son lives in Australia on a bridge visa.Kasey Kimberly Smalakis (VAN NUYS, 2020-03-27)
#2384
Ive paid taxes for 18 months and now I’m not allowed to work because of the corona virus . I’m stuck here with not help or rent reliefCorrina Dubery (Brisbane, 2020-03-27)
#2387
I’m on 2nd year working holiday visa and currently lost my job due to government new laws.We (temporary visa holders) are paying tax more than Australian citizens.
We need your help.
Uta Tokunaga (Gladstone, 2020-03-27)
#2399
I lost my job as a wauter due to the coronavirus incresingGian antonio Zannini (Sydney, 2020-03-27)