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Student Visa Work Hours: How 9 Countries Actually Count Them

Student visa work hours mean different things in 9 countries. See how each counts weeks, fortnights and years, what counts as work, and mistakes to avoid

The same number on your visa can mean very different things, because each country counts student visa work hours in its own way. The UK counts hours in a fixed week that starts on Monday. Australia counts any 14 days that start on a Monday. Germany counts days, not hours, across the calendar year. France counts hours across a year that starts on your permit date. So before you accept a shift pattern, check three things: the unit (hours or days), the window (week, fortnight or year) and the day your window starts. If the government doesn’t say when it starts, test every possible start day before you call a schedule safe.