Case Study: How Daichi Recovered $6,180 in Super From Tokyo

The setup

• Name: Daichi, 24
• Visa: Student 500 (Business degree, Deakin University)
• Time in Australia: 3 years 4 months
• Casual work: Sushi bar chef in Melbourne CBD
• Super fund: AustralianSuper (default from his first payslip)

The problem

Daichi had no idea he'd been accumulating super. His employer had paid 12% on top of his hourly wage into a fund he'd never logged into. When he moved home to Tokyo he assumed anything unused would "just close automatically."

Two years later he saw an refundmysuper ad on Instagram and used the estimator out of curiosity.

The math

• Total super balance: AUD $9,507
• Student visa DASP rate: 35% withheld
• Refund payable: AUD $6,180

What we did

1. Verified Daichi's visa status through VEVO
2. Retrieved his AustralianSuper member number by email (fund replied in 22 hours)
3. Lodged DASP paperwork with our TPB-registered partner agent
4. Followed up with the fund at day 14 and day 21
5. Refund cleared to Daichi's Japanese bank account on day 27

Daichi's take

"I sent two screenshots over WhatsApp. Three weeks later, ¥580,000 landed in my account. Genuinely the easiest money I've ever earned."

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