Support for Temporary Visa Holders - Tasmania

Pandemic Isolation Assistance Grants will be extended to temporary visa holders for immediate payment of $250 per individual or up to $1000 per family.

The initiative is not just for students, but also other temporary visa holders such as Work visa holders who have been impacted by the pandemic.

Tasmania has an estimated 26,000 temporary visa holders including students, fruit pickers and skilled workers such as chefs and health workers.

Further, they will work with employers who want to retain their employees because of their specialist skills in the State for when their business is able to start up again and provide additional support so that they don’t lose skilled workers that the State needs.

For information on emergency support, such as the Pandemic Isolation Assistance Grants, click the below link: 

www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au