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South African passport · Australian roles

Australian jobs, for South Africans who actually want them.

Recruitment + visa support for South Africans heading to Australia. Rigorous candidate screening, customised recruitment for Australian employers, and employer-sponsored work visas on the same desk that handles the placement. Subclass 600 tourist-visa documentation for the rest.

SYD · AU Coordinates 33.8568° S 151.2153° E
SAAUCross-border
practice
600Subclass
specialist
MARA#2021Registered
migration agent
/01 · Position

Not a job board. Not a generic migration agency. Not a thousand candidates · a curated handover from South African intake to Australian employer, with the work-visa work running in parallel.

Side A
South African screening · document prep
Side B
Australian employer brief · sponsor liaison
Bridge
MARA-registered work-visa support
/02 · Why us
Why Aussie Jobs Four reasons it matters who you pick.

Recruitment that knows both ends.

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Offices in 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, one set of expectations.

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MARA-registered

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

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Integrated practice

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

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Specialist, not generalist

Specialist focus on South Africans heading to Australia. Not generalist immigration, not one-size-fits-all. The pool we source from is the pool we know. The roles we brief on are the roles we've handled before.

/03 · By the numbers
Three numbers worth knowing

The shape of the practice.

yrs Cross-border practice

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

Jurisdictions, one desk

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 passports. 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.

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Candidates · South African

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
Cost
Free for candidates
Output
Short, accurate, hireable
JHB SYD
Document · substantiate · place
02
Employers · Australian

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
Coverage
Most regulated occupations
Engagement
By brief · not retainer
SYD · MEL · BNE
Brief · source · place
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Visa side · The bridge

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
Subclass
Scoped per case
DEPT. of Home Affairs
Prepare · lodge · decision support
/05 · Tourist visas
Tourist visas · Subclass 600

For the SA passport that can't use the free routes.

Visiting Australia on a South African passport.

× Subclass 651 eVisitor × Subclass 601 ETA × Subclass 462 Work & Holiday × Subclass 417 Working Holiday ✓ Subclass 600
600only The only route for SA passports

Why South Africans can't just turn up.

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.

The Working Holiday (417) and Work and Holiday (462) visas both require a bilateral agreement that SA doesn't have. Subclass 600 is the route · full documentation, with a Genuine Temporary Entrant assessment that quietly refuses more SA applications than it should.

600
Tourist stream

Visiting 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.

600
Business stream

Visiting for business.

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

600
Sponsored family stream

Sponsored by an Australian relative.

An Australian-resident relative provides the security undertaking. Often the right route when an applicant's individual documentation is thin but the sponsoring family member is established.

GTE assessment

The biggest single cause of SA refusals.

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 · Client
A real client

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
/07 · FAQ
Questions we hear weekly

No marketing fluff. Plain answers.

Asked and answered straight.

/01I'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.
/02I'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.
/03What 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.
/04Why can't I use the free eVisitor or instant ETA for a visit?+
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, full documentation, with a Genuine Temporary Entrant assessment.
/05Can 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.
/06Do 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.
/08 · 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.

Email
info@aussiejobs.co.za
Booking
Discovery call · same-day reply
Across
South Africa + Australia

Or send a brief.

Passport, current location, what you're trying to achieve, rough timing. One working day reply.

Email a brief