Applying for this Visa
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Information to help you prepare your application
Information about certifying and translating documents, communicating with the department, using a migration agent, authorising another person to receive information from the department, and receiving assistance with your application.
See: Information to Help You Prepare Your Application
Travel to Australia
You must not make arrangements to travel to Australia until you are advised that your visa has been granted.
Your visa is linked to the passport number you used in your application and you must use the same passport to travel to Australia.
If you do obtain a new passport, you must advise the department of the new passport details before you travel to Australia. Otherwise, you may experience significant delays at the airport and could be denied permission to board your plane.
Application charge
You must pay a non-refundable visa application charge when you lodge your visa application.
See: Fees and Charges
First Working Holiday visa
You must be outside Australia:
- when you lodge your first Working Holiday visa application
- for the visa to be granted.
Note: Paper applications made by passport holders from Republic of Cyprus, HKSAR (including British National Overseas), Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, must be lodged by posting, faxing or hand-delivering the application form to the departmental office in the country or region that issued the applicant’s passport.
Note: Passport holders from Malta must lodge their application in Germany.
Second Working Holiday visa
You may lodge your second Working Holiday visa application while either in or outside Australia.
- If you lodge your application in Australia, you must be in Australia to be granted your visa. You should apply before your current visa ceases.
- If you lodge your application outside Australia, you must be outside Australia to be granted your visa.
How to apply
You can apply online, by post or by courier.
See:
Online Applications
Paper Applications
After you lodge your application
For information about what happens after you lodge your application, including checking the status of your application.
See: After You Lodge Your Application