Condition 8107 on a 408 Visa: Can You Work for a Second Organisation?

Every primary applicant granted a Temporary Activity (subclass 408) visa has condition 8107 on their visa. In simple terms, you must do the activity your visa was granted for, with the sponsor or supporter named in the application. Performers and athletes often ask whether they can also take on work for a second club, venue or production. This guide explains when that is possible.

What condition 8107 means

Your visa is tied to your activity. The visa is granted for a particular activity with a particular sponsor or supporter. Changing employers, or doing different work, can breach condition 8107. Breaching a visa condition can lead to cancellation and can affect future applications.

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When work for another organisation may be allowed

Under Department of Home Affairs policy, work with another organisation may be acceptable where it is:

• consistent with the activity the visa was granted for;
• incidental to the main activity;
• agreed to by the sponsor; and
• disclosed to the Department, ideally in the visa application.

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Athletes and coaches

A player, coach or adjudicator can also work for another sporting organisation, if the details and a formal agreement are provided, and the relationship still allows the sponsor to meet its obligations. This is usually accepted where both organisations sit under the same peak sporting body. See coaches, referees and judges on a 408 visa and overseas players for local clubs.

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Performers and crew

For entertainers, the engagements are set out in the itinerary, and condition 8109 also applies. A new show with a different promoter needs the Department’s written permission under condition 8109, and may need its own union consultation or a new application. Under policy, undeclared performances can be picked up in integrity checks. See changing a tour itinerary on a 408 visa.

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What condition 8107 cannot be used for

Condition 8107 is not a way around the rules for the activity. It cannot be used to avoid the national sporting body endorsement for players, or union consultation for entertainers. If the second role would need those things on its own, plan for them. See national sporting body endorsement and union consultation for 408 entertainment visas.

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What you should do now

• Disclose early: list any second organisation in the visa application.
• Get the sponsor’s agreement: in writing, before starting the second role.
• Keep it incidental: the main activity must stay the main activity.
• Avoid other jobs: bar, kitchen and grounds work are not part of a 408.