Working Holiday in Australia

Everything you need to understand your Working Holiday and plan your next steps. Migration information changes: always check conditions and requirements with Home Affairs.

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Two visas, similar experiences

462 or 417?

Both are part of the Working Holiday Maker programme, allowing young people to travel and take temporary work to help fund their stay. The available visa depends on your passport and each country's criteria.

PARTICIPATING PASSPORTS · SUBCLASS 417

Working Holiday visa 417

An option for passport holders from participating countries or jurisdictions. The usual age range is 18–30, with a limit of up to 35 for some passports. The first visa is applied for from outside Australia.

  • Initial stay of up to 12 months.
  • Allows temporary work and up to four months of study.
  • Your passport determines the age limit and other criteria.
  • Specified work may be relevant when applying for a second or third visa.
Visa 417 guide (in Spanish)
Workmates in work clothes take a break together on hay bales

Work brings people together too.

Meeting workmates is part of the journey. When counting specified work days, separately check the tasks, area and evidence required by Home Affairs.

Understand specified work → (in Spanish)

Your Working Holiday journey

  1. 01
    Requirements and costs

    Check age, passport, funds, conditions and the application fee.

    462 ↗ (in Spanish) · 417 ↗ (in Spanish)
  2. 02
    Prepare for your first year

    Plan your arrival, budget and first steps.

    View guide ↗ (in Spanish)
  3. 03
    Understand specified work

    Check accepted tasks, areas, periods and evidence before counting days.

    View criteria ↗ (in Spanish)
  4. 04
    Second and third year

    Requirements depend on your previous visa and eligible specified work.

    View options ↗ (in Spanish)
  5. 05
    Bridging visa

    Conditions depend on your circumstances; check VEVO and official correspondence.

    More information ↗ (in Spanish)
  6. 06
    Updates

    Read the latest updates and check the date of each change.

    View updates ↗ (in Spanish)

General information, not migration advice. Rules and fees can change; decisions and conditions are determined by Home Affairs.