Right to Work (Visa / VEVO)
A Right to Work check confirms that a person is legally entitled to work in Australia. It checks visa status, work rights and conditions, and visa expiry against the Department of Home Affairs VEVO — Visa Entitlement Verification Online system. Oho can confirm a person's work entitlement against VEVO.
Who needs it
Any worker whose entitlement to work in Australia depends on a visa, where you need to confirm both that they may work and on what conditions.
What Oho needs
The person's visa or immigration details — for example a visa grant number or passport details — together with their date of birth, to identify the record in VEVO.
How Oho verifies it
Oho checks the supplied details against VEVO and returns the person's work entitlement, any conditions on that entitlement, and the visa expiry. Where the visa is time-limited, the expiry is tracked so an approaching end date is surfaced ahead of time.
Reading the result
Every check resolves to one of a few outcomes, shown with a colour so it's easy to scan:
| Outcome | Colour | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| MAY_ENGAGE | Green | Valid and current — the person is cleared for the work. |
| MAY_NOT_ENGAGE | Red | Not valid — for example expired, suspended, cancelled, or no matching record. |
| REVIEW_REQUIRED | Yellow | Valid but carries conditions worth a person reviewing before relying on it. |
| IN_PROGRESS | Grey | Still being checked — some registers take a little longer to respond. |
| ERROR | Grey | The register couldn't be reached; Oho will try again. |
Oho keeps watching afterwards and updates the outcome automatically if the status changes, and the worker's profile keeps a history of every check.