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South African passport · Australian roles

Australian jobs, for South Africans
who actually want them.

We place skilled South Africans into Australian roles. Rigorous screening, customised recruitment, employer-sponsored work visas where they're needed · plus tourist-visa documentation for the Subclass 600 that South African passport holders actually need.

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/02 · Why us
Why Aussie Jobs

Recruitment that knows both ends.

Plenty of agencies will post your CV. Few have actually moved someone from Johannesburg to Brisbane and back again. Four reasons it matters who you pick.

01 · Geography

Offices SA & OZ

Operating across both countries means the South African candidate and the Australian employer don't get lost in the time zone. One practice, both sides of the conversation.

02 · Regulatory

MARA-registered

Visa support provided under the Migration Agents Registration Authority Code of Conduct. No shortcuts, no outcome guarantees we can't make.

03 · Structure

Integrated practice

Recruitment, work-visa support and post-arrival liaison run by the same practice · not three separate vendors invoicing separately. Job offer and visa land together.

04 · Track record

Trusted & experienced

Two decades of cross-border professional practice. Specialist focus on South Africans heading to Australia · not generalist immigration, not one-size-fits-all.

/03 · By the numbers
By the numbers

The shape of the practice.

yrs Cross-border practice

Two decades of professional recruitment and visa work across South Africa and Australia.

Jurisdictions

South African intake and Australian employer relationships handled in the same practice, by the same people.

Subclass specialism

The only visitor route open to South African passport holders. We package the documentation so the GTE assessment is obvious.

/04 · Services
Your complete recruitment partner

Three services. One handover.

We work end-to-end on the placement · candidate side, employer side, and the visa work that bridges them. Not three vendors. Not three invoices. One practice that owns the whole motion.

01
Candidates

Rigorous candidate screening

Qualification verification, English-language assessment, character checks, occupation-specific skills assessment, prior work-history substantiation. The shortlist Australian employers receive is one they can act on without re-running the diligence themselves.

For: SA professionals Free for candidates
02
Employers

Customised recruitment

Australian employers brief the role, the structure and the location. We source against a South African candidate pool that fits the brief on day one · not "best of the inbox" but matched to the JD, the visa eligibility, and the relocation realism.

For: AU employers Most regulated occupations
03
Visa side

Visa application support

Employer-sponsored work-visa preparation under the MARA Code of Conduct. Document pack, sponsor liaison, lodgement, decision support. The job offer and the visa handled by the same practice · so neither one waits on the other.

For: Both sides By MARA agent
/05 · Tourist visas
Tourist visas · Subclass 600

Visiting Australia on a South African passport.

If you're going to Australia for a holiday, to see family, or for a short business visit, you can't use the free eVisitor or the instant ETA. South Africa is on neither list. The visitor route is the paid Subclass 600 · full documentation, with a Genuine Temporary Entrant assessment that quietly refuses more SA applications than it should.

✗ 651
✗ 601 Not eligible for SA passport

The free eVisitor (Subclass 651) is restricted to citizens of certain European countries. The Electronic Travel Authority (Subclass 601) is restricted to UK, US, Singapore, Japan and similar passports. South Africa is on neither list, and the Working Holiday (417) / Work and Holiday (462) visas both require a bilateral agreement that SA doesn't have. Subclass 600 is the route.

600 Tourist stream

Visiting Australia for tourism or family

Holidays, family visits, recreation. Stays of 3, 6 or 12 months, single or multiple entry. The application needs evidence of ties to South Africa, financial capacity, and a clear plan to leave at the end of the stay · packaged so the assessor doesn't have to guess.

600 Business stream

Visiting Australia for business

Meetings, conferences, contract negotiations, exploratory business visits. Cannot be used to work or sell to the public. Useful for South African operators evaluating an AU expansion before committing to a sponsored work visa.

A note on the Genuine Temporary Entrant test.

Every Subclass 600 application is assessed for whether the applicant genuinely intends to enter Australia temporarily. The GTE is the biggest single cause of visitor-visa refusals for South African applicants · typically because the supporting documentation didn't tell the right story.

We package the evidence so the answer is obvious: ties to South Africa, employment, finances, prior international travel, purpose of the visit, return plan. That's what hiring a MARA-registered agent gets you. We do not, and cannot, guarantee a visa outcome · the Department of Home Affairs decides every application.

/06 · Both ends
Both ends of the journey

Practice operates across both.

A migration case has two sides: the South African side (intake, eligibility, document prep, lodgement) and the Australian side (post-arrival, employer liaison). We work across both, by appointment, in both Johannesburg and Australia.

South Africa · SA

Johannesburg

South African intake and lodgement coordination. Eligibility assessment, document pack, GTE statements, application submission, response to RFI from the Department.

Side
SA application & lodgement
Engagement
By appointment
Australia · AU

Australia-side

Post-arrival operations and Australian employer liaison. Onboarding support, sponsor coordination, follow-on visa work, and the relationships that keep placements landing.

Side
Post-arrival & employer
Engagement
By appointment
/07 · Client
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The process was seamless, and the support from their team was invaluable. We were hiring marketing professionals out of South Africa and the visa side ran in parallel with the recruitment side · exactly as it should.

Nicole Dougan Founder, Mode Marketing · London
/08 · FAQ
Questions we hear weekly

Asked and answered straight.

Plain answers to the questions South African candidates and Australian employers actually ask · no marketing fluff.

I'm a South African professional · how does the placement actually work?+
You apply, we screen, we put you on the shortlist for roles you genuinely fit. If an Australian employer wants to interview, we coordinate it. If they want to hire, we run the employer-sponsored work-visa side in parallel · so the job offer and the visa land together. We don't charge candidates for the placement work; the employer covers the recruitment fee on the Australian side.
I'm an Australian employer · why hire out of South Africa specifically?+
Shared language, shared business culture, transferable qualifications, strong English, and a candidate pool that takes the relocation seriously because they've made the decision before they get on the call. We brief on the role, source against a SA candidate pool we already know, and present a short, accurate, hireable shortlist · not a stack of CVs you have to re-screen yourself.
What kind of work visa am I likely to be on?+
Most placements run on an employer-sponsored work visa · the right subclass depends on the role, the occupation list, the location, and the employer's sponsorship status. We scope the specifics on the discovery call rather than guess. We do not pitch points-tested permanent residency · that's a different exercise from getting you into a job in Australia.
I just want to visit Australia · why can't I use the free eVisitor or instant ETA?+
Because they're not available to South African passport holders. The free eVisitor (Subclass 651) is restricted to citizens of certain European countries. The Electronic Travel Authority (Subclass 601) is restricted to passports on a specific list · UK, US, Singapore, Japan, and similar. South Africa is on neither list. The route is the paid Subclass 600 Visitor Visa, full documentation, with a Genuine Temporary Entrant assessment.
Can I get a Working Holiday visa as a South African?+
No. Working Holiday (Subclass 417) and Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) both require a bilateral agreement between Australia and the applicant's country. South Africa has neither agreement. There is no working-holiday route for SA passport holders, and any agency telling you otherwise is misrepresenting the position.
Do you guarantee a visa outcome?+
No, and the MARA Code of Conduct prohibits any registered migration agent from doing so. We prepare and submit the strongest application the case supports. The Department of Home Affairs decides. Any agency offering you a guarantee is breaching the Code.
/09 · Talk to us
Talk to us

Book a discovery call.

Tell us briefly what you're trying to do. We'll come back within one working day with the next step · usually a paid eligibility consultation, sometimes a free orientation call if the case is straightforward.

Booking
Discovery call · reply same day
Practising under
MARA #2021
Across
South Africa + Australia

Or send a brief over.

Passport, current location, what you're trying to achieve, and your rough timing. We'll respond within one working day.

Email a brief