Yes — former Student visa (subclass 500) holders can claim their super as a DASP after leaving Australia once the visa has expired or been cancelled. Student visas are not working holiday visas, so the tax withheld is 35% on the taxed element — and claiming before your fund transfers the money to the ATO (about six months after you leave) keeps it at 35% instead of 65%.
Students almost never know where their super went
Part-time and casual employers must pay super just like full-time ones. A few years of studying and working part-time typically leaves $1,500–$6,000, very often split across multiple default funds you never chose — one for the café, one for the supermarket, one for that semester of food delivery. Statements went to an old share-house address; the apps were never downloaded.
Our search covers every fund holding money in your name plus anything already at the ATO, all inside the one flat fee.
Being straight with you about small balances
Our fee is a flat $149 + GST. If your total balance turns out to be only a few hundred dollars, 35% tax plus our fee will eat most of it — in that case the ATO's free DASP system may serve you better, and we will say so rather than take the job. (We tell you what we find before we lodge.) For balances above roughly $1,000, the maths comfortably favours having a registered agent handle it end-to-end.
Graduated to a 485 or another visa?
You can only claim once you have left Australia and your visa has ended. If you moved from the 500 to a Temporary Graduate (485) or a skilled visa and are still here, your super keeps growing — claim when you eventually leave. If you have left for good with a visa still technically running, you can ask Home Affairs to cancel it and claim straight away.
Start the 5-minute form whenever you're ready.
Common questions
I only worked a few months. Is it worth claiming?
Run the numbers: 12% of your gross wages went to super. Six months of 20-hour weeks at typical casual rates is roughly $1,500–$2,500 — after 35% tax and our fee you would still clear around $800–$1,400. Under a few hundred dollars total, we will honestly suggest the ATO’s free system instead.
I never gave my employer a TFN or chose a fund. Do I still have super?
Almost certainly yes — employers must pay it into a default fund even if you never filled in a form. Money without a TFN attached is more likely to have been shuffled around, which is exactly what our search untangles.
Does claiming my super affect a future Australian visa application?
No. A DASP is a normal entitlement of former temporary residents and has no bearing on future visa applications. If you later return and work again, you simply start a new super balance.
My visa was cancelled when I left early. Can I still claim?
Yes — a cancelled visa satisfies the requirement just like an expired one. You need to have departed Australia; the reason the visa ended doesn’t matter for the DASP.
Ready when you are. 5 minutes, flat fee.
$149 + GST · every fund plus ATO-held super · paid to your bank worldwide in about 28 days.