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Working Holiday Maker Visa

The young persons 12 month Australian Working Holiday Visa programme allows applicants to casual work rights, whilst supplementing their funds whilst in Australia.

Employment must be incidental for the main purpose of holidaying for no more than 6 months with any one employer at anytime.

Your first application for an Australian Working Holiday Visa must be made outside of Australia.

The Australian Government will allow holders of the young person’s Working Holiday maker Visa to apply for a second Working Holiday Maker Visa provided they have worked as a seasonal employee in regional Australia for 3 months.

Australia Working Holiday Maker Visa holders who undertake work for 3 months or 88 days in areas such as harvesting and fruit picking, fishing and pearling, tree farming and felling or mining, will be eligible to apply for a second Working Holiday Maker Visa, thus extending their trip from 12 months to 24.

Applications for a second Australia Working Holiday Visa can be made both offshore and onshore in Australia.

To apply for your young person’s Australian Working Holiday maker Visa, you must be:

• Aged between 18-30 years (inclusive)
• Have no dependent children
• Able to show sufficient funds of ($A5000) or £2200 equivalent for the initial part of your stay – you may be asked to show evidence of this in the form of a bank statement and onward travel ticket fare
• Good Health
• Good Character
• Intend to holiday in Australia whilst supplementing funds by incidental work

The following passport holder countries are eligible to apply for the young persons Working Holiday Maker Visa online:

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, HKSAR, Italy, Japan, Malta, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, The Netherlands & United Kingdom.

The young person’s Working Holiday Maker Visa permits the holder to enter Australia within 12 months of the issue date of the visa.

On arrival, your visa is activated and is valid for 12 months. As it is a multiple entry visa, you may leave and re-enter Australia as many times as you wish during your 12 month stay.

However, if you depart Australia during your 12 month stay you are not able to recover the period of time you have spent outside Australia.

Australian Working Holiday Maker holders are able to find temporary or casual employment, whilst the main purpose of the visa is for holiday and travel.

The following visa conditions apply:

• You must not engage for more than 4 months in any studies or training
• You must not be employed by any one employer for more than six months

Failure to do so may result in the visa being cancelled.

Processing times can take up to 8 weeks to process, however this time may be extended if a you have a declared a criminal conviction or if you need to undergo a medical as part of your application.

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