About this Visa
The Work and Holiday visa is for tertiary educated people aged 18 to 30 who are interested in a working holiday of up to 12 months in Australia. This visa allows you to supplement the cost of your holiday through periods of temporary or casual employment. Most countries under this visa programme have an annual limit of 100 Work and Holiday visas per year.
Note: You must not make arrangements to travel to Australia until you are advised that your visa has been granted.
Who is this visa for?
Currently, the Work and Holiday visa arrangement is in place for people from Chile, Thailand, Turkey and the United States of America.
Note: People from Iran who hold a Work and Holiday visa and are in Australia can apply for this visa.
Australia has signed a Work and Holiday visa arrangement with Bangladesh. This arrangement is not yet in effect, therefore, it is not possible for people from Bangladesh to apply for this visa. Information about the commencement of this arrangement will be published on the department's website when it is finalised.
Note: If you are 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 you may be eligible to apply for a Working Holiday visa which provides similar opportunities.
See: Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)
How much will this visa cost?
You must pay a non-refundable visa application charge when you lodge your visa application.
See: Working Holiday Visa Charges
What does this visa let me do?
If you are granted a Work and Holiday visa you can:
- enter Australia at any time within 3 months of the visa grant date
- stay for up to 12 months in Australia
- leave and re-enter Australia any number of times in the 12 months from the date of first entry
- undertake temporary employment in Australia
- study for up to 4 months.