Working Holiday Visas for Australia
The Australia Working Holiday Visa allows working holiday makers to have an extended working holiday in Australia by supplementing their travel funds through incidental employment, and to experience closer contact with a local community in Australia.A Working Holiday Visa for Australia allows the holder to:
- Stay in Australia for 12 months
- Be in Australia mainly for a holiday, with work being purely incidental and to provide funds for travelling
- Work in Australia, but for no more than 3 months with any one employer unless written permission has been obtained from the Department of Immigration
We can offer this service for only 195 GBP - THIS INCLUDES THE 170 DOLLAR APPLICATION FEE!
An applicant must have a return ticket, or show that there are sufficient funds available for a return or onward fare from Australia after their working holiday.
Note also that if a holder of a 417 visa leaves Australia during the 12 month period for any reason the working holiday visa is NOT extended to allow for the period spent outside Australia.
Australia has reciprocal working holiday visa arrangements with 19 foreign countries:
- the United Kingdom
- Canada
- the Netherlands
- Japan
- Ireland
- Korea
- Malta
- Germany
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Norway
- Hong Kong SAR
- Finland
- Cyprus
- Italy
- Estonia
- France
- Belgium
- Taiwan
Applicants who hold a valid passport from Japan, Korea, Malta, Germany, Hong Kong SAR (or a British National Overseas passport) or Cyprus, must apply in the foreign country which issued the passport.
The reciprocal nature of the arrangements ensures young Australians are also offered similar opportunities for cultural understanding through working holidays overseas.
Criteria for Visas
Applicants need to be:
- passport holders from arrangement countries
- aged between 18 and 30, and
- without dependent children
Working holiday makers are permitted a stay of 12 months from date of initial entry to Australia regardless of whether or not they spend the whole period in Australia. They are allowed to study or train for up to three months.