Background
The goalkeeper Oldfield arrived in Australia in 2012 on a working holiday visa and has mainly played semi-professional football in the second division National Premier League in Melbourne, Victoria which is classified as the semi-professional. In a background submission put to the AAT it was stated that, “Oldfield had trained with Liverpool Football Club and continued to play with them until he was playing at the Reserve level. When he was 18½ years of age, his contract was not renewed. Mr Oldfield was spotted by an Australian sports agent and encouraged to continue his career in Australia.”[1] “Oldfield initially held a Working Holiday (Subclass 417) (Temporary) visa on 4 February 2012 and entered Australia a few days later on 8 February 2012. On 14 November 2016, Mr...
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