Visa Introduction
The Working Holiday (subclass 417) visa program is to encourage cultural exchange and closer ties between arrangement countries by allowing young persons to have an extended holiday supplemented by short term employment, with special focus on regional Australia.
Feature
- Holds a working holiday eligible passport
- Age between 18 and 35 or 30 as specified for your country of passport
- First working holiday visa
- Second working holiday visa
- Third working holiday visa
Update
From 19 January 2022, Working Holiday Maker visa holders (subclasses 417 and 462) who arrive in Australia before 19 April 2022 can apply for a refund of the visa application charge (VAC). They can also work for more than 6 months with one employer, in any sector, anywhere in Australia.
Visa Application Checklist
Valid Application Criteria
For First working holiday visa
The applicant must be outside Australia and holds a working holiday eligible passport
For Second working holiday visa
The applicant may be in or outside Australia. The applicant has carried out specified Subclass 417 work for a total period of at least 3 months;
For Third working holiday visa
The applicant may be in or outside Australia. The applicant has carried out specified Subclass 417 work for a total period of at least 6 months;
All of that work was carried out on or after 1 July 2019;
Time of Application Criteria
Age
Age between 18 and 35 or 30 as specified for your country of passport
Genuine visitor
The principal purpose of the applicant is to spend a holiday in Australia
Time of Decision Criteria
For First working holiday visa
The applicant must be outside Australia when the visa is granted
For Second working holiday visa
The applicant may be in or outside Australia.
If the applicants are outside Australia when the application is made, the applicants must be outside Australia when the visa is granted. If the applicants are in Australia when the application is made, the applicants must be in Australia when the visa is granted
For Third working holiday visa
The applicant has carried out specified Subclass 417 work for a total period of at least 6 months;
All of that work was carried out on or after 1 July 2019;