🇦🇺 Australia

The Departing Australia Superannuation Payment (DASP) is the statutory pathway by which a departed former temporary resident withdraws their accumulated Australian super. Eligibility requires that the temporary visa has ceased, the claimant has physically departed Australia, holds no other active Australian visa, and is not an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident. Withholding is tri-component: 35% on the taxed element, 45% on the untaxed element, 0% on the tax-free component, with a single 65% rate replacing the standard rates where the claimant ever held a Subclass 417 or 462 Working Holiday Maker visa.

Australia has Reciprocal Health Care Agreements with eleven partner countries that cover medically necessary care for visitors. Cover starts the day of arrival in Australia. Most partner-country visitors enrol with Services Australia and receive a yellow Medicare card; Irish and New Zealand visitors present a passport at the hospital or pharmacy and are not issued a card. Travel insurance remains necessary for evacuations and private-patient care.

Foreign persons buying residential property in Australia must obtain federal approval before signing a binding contract. Treasury sets policy via the Foreign Investment Review Board; the ATO decides applications within 30 days of fee payment. From 1 April 2025 to 30 June 2029 a temporary ban blocks foreign persons from buying established dwellings unless a narrow exception applies. A state surcharge is paid at settlement on top of standard transfer duty — 9% NSW, 8% VIC, 8% QLD, 7% WA. An annual vacancy fee applies where the dwelling sits vacant for more than half the year.

The Skills in Demand (SID) visa subclass 482 is Australia's employer-sponsored temporary skilled work visa, replacing the Temporary Skill Shortage visa on 7 December 2024. Four sequential phases gate every application: the sponsor becomes a Standard Business Sponsor, lodges a nomination for the position, the Department of Home Affairs approves the nomination, and the applicant lodges the visa application. Three streams cover differing salary tiers.