Working Holidays

The Working Holiday and Work & Holiday programs allow people from selected countries to holiday in Australia for an extended period and take incidental employment to supplement their travel funds.

Visa Options

Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)

For people from Belgium, Canada, Republic of Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan and United Kingdom.

Applicants may be eligible for a second working holiday visa if they can demonstrate that they have completed 'specified work' in regional Australia for a period of 3 months.

Specified work includes employment in the following fields:

Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462)

For tertiary educated people from Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey and the USA to holiday and work in Australia.

Citizens of Iran who are already in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 462 visa may apply for a second Work and Holiday visa.