Yes. The Australian Immigration legislation requires all non-citizens to have a valid visa before entering the country. If you also want to work in Australia, you have to make sure to choose a suitable visa, like the Australian Working Holiday visa.
To be eligible for an Australian Working Holiday visa, you have to be between 18 and 30 years old, hold a valid passport of an eligible country and want to travel as well as work in Australia occasionally.
More information can be found on our Working Holiday page.
These are different visa classes with different regulations. The most important difference is that the eligibility for one of these visa classes depends on your citizenship. There are distinct lists of countries eligible for these visas. There are no nationalities which are eligible for both visa classes. Consequently, provided that you do not have dual citizenship, you are eligible either for a Working Holiday visa or a Work and Holiday visa (or for neither of these because you are a citizen of a country that has no agreement with Australia regarding these visa classes).
As a rule, most Working Holiday visas (subclass 417) are processed and granted within a few working days. However, processing times can differ significantly.
Processing times for a Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) can be longer, especially if you hold a passport from a country in which the application process is still paper-based.
In all cases, we recommend applying for your visa as early as possible, to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
Your visa application can be refused if you, for example, do not meet the criteria for the visa or you do not respond to any queries or requests by the Australian Department of Home Affairs.
More information can be found on our Working Holiday page.
From the date of the visa grant, you have 12 months to enter Australia. From the time of entry, you can stay in the country for a maximum period of 12 months.
A Working Holiday visa is an easy and uncomplicated visa option. Depending on what you want to be able to do while you are in Australia, there are also other pathways.
If you don’t want to work during your stay, a tourist or visitor visa should be sufficient. These visa subclasses don’t carry any work rights, but enable you to travel as well as to participate in trainings or courses for a certain period of time. More information can be found on our Visitor visa website.
If a Visitor visa is not a fit for your purposes, you can, for example, consider a student visa or one of the Australian work visas.
Unfortunately not. In order to be eligible for an Working Holiday visa you must have turned 18 at the time of application.
But as a Visapath Australia client you can commission us to apply for your visa before your birthday. We will take care of your application punctually on your birthday and send you your visa immediately after grant. Simply talk to us.
Yes, that is no problem as long as you lodge your visa application before your 31. birthday. Relevant is the date of submission, not of the visa grant. After your visa is granted you have 12 months to enter Australia and spend up to 1 year working and travelling the country.
Visapath Australia usually needs 2-3 days to prepare your visa application. In urgent cases, please contact us in advance.
The Working Holiday visa was introduced in 1975 with the objective of promoting youth exchange between countries that have concluded a corresponding agreement. The basic concept behind this agreement is to enable young people to broaden their horizons and gain intercultural experience. For this reason, this visa is not available to persons aged over 30.
According to the current legal situation, the age limit of 30 still applies to all countries.
The only exception is currently Canada. For Candian citizen the age limit has been raised to 35 years in November 2018.
A National ID card is no official travel document and will, therefore, not be accepted. For an application for an Australian visa, you need to have a valid passport.
Usually, the information provided in the online form is sufficient. However, in some cases the Department of Home Affairs requests further documents which must be provided accordingly. This can be, for example, a colour scan of your passport or, should you apply for a second-year visa, payslips as evidence for your work in regional Australia.
If you wish to work in certain facilities (such as child care or health facilities) during your working holiday, it is highly likely that further documents such as a police certificate will be requested or a health check will be required.
In the majority of the cases a health check is not required although it will be requested under certain circumstances.
For example, if you wish to work in certain facilities (such as child care or health facilities) during your working holiday, it is highly likely that a health check will be required.
You will receive a so-called IMMI Grant Notice by e-mail. This visa is electronically linked to your passport and can therefore be checked easily by the immigration authorities. Passport stamps and labels are not required. You only need your passport when entering Australia. Nevertheless, we recommend that you have a printed version of your visa grant notification with you when you enter Australia.
If your details have changed, you have to notify the Department of Home Affairs right away. We are happy to do this for you at Visapath Australia.
Your Working Holiday visa is valid for exactly 12 months from the date of entry. Shorter stays are no problem. Staying longer, on the other hand, is only possible if you have applied for a second-year Working Holiday visa or any other suitable Australian visa.
Generally, yes, provided the study or course does not exceed a total duration of four months. However, you should check advance whether the desired training institution accepts participants with Working Holiday visas or whether they require Student visas. This is often the case with universities.
In addition to the employer work limitation of 6 months and the study limitation of 4 months there may be other conditions attached by the Department of Home Affairs, for example evidence of private health insurance.
As a working holiday maker you are required to provide proof for A$5,000 and either a valid return ticket or enough money to buy a return ticket.
Supporting documentation may include, but is not to be limited to:
All pieces of evidence must be current and translated into English.
Unfortunately yes. You can apply for a TFN only if you have already entered Australia. Any attempt to do this from home will
fail, as it will be checked during the application process with the Australian Immigration Department’s
database whether you are actually in Australia or not.
For your TFN application you will need an Australian postal address. Your TFN will be mailed to this address within four weeks of applying.
As a Visapath Australia client, you can use our TFN postal service and enter our postal address here. As soon as your TFN
arrives, we will scan the letter with your TFN and send it to your email address.
Find more information on our info page.
You will receive a so-called IMMI Grant Notice by e-mail. This visa is electronically linked to your passport and can therefore be checked easily by the immigration authorities. Passport stamps and labels are not required. You only need your passport when entering Australia. Nevertheless, we recommend that you have a printed version of your visa grant notification with you when you enter Australia.
No. An Working Holiday visa is only valid for a maximum period of 12 months. Extending your stay is only possible if you decide to apply for another Australian visa.
You may be eligible for a second-year Working Holiday visa if you are under 31 years old and if you have worked in regional Australia for at least three months (88 days) in an approved job during your first working holiday.
More information can be found on our second-year Working Holiday page.
In order to be eligible for a second year Working Holiday visa you need to have worked in an approved job during your first working holiday. This can be, for example, farm work, but not exclusively. There are also several other options available. A list of all types of specified work can be found here.
There is a list of jobs that can be conducted in order to be eligible for a second Working Holiday visa, so-called “specified work”. They can be done in the following industries:
A list of all types of specified work can be found here.
To be eligible for a second Working Holiday visa you have to work for at least 3 months or, more precisely, 88 days in one of the above-mentioned jobs and areas for the same number of days a full-time employee would normally work in that specific industry during this 3-months-period.
More information can be found in our blog article.
Completing the 88 days of specified work during your first Working Holiday visa is a mandatory requirement to be eligible for a second-year visa.
If you are not eligible for a second-year visa, there are still other visa options you can consider, for example visitor visa, employment visa or student visa.
Which areas are considered regional is determined by the Department of Home Affairs and depends on the state and the postcode. Currently, the areas listed here are considered regional areas.
The following evidence is accepted:
More information can be found on our second-year Working Holiday page.
If you want to stay longer but you do not meet the requirements for a second-year visa, there are other visa options to consider. Which visa is the best choice depends on your individual circumstances and goals.
If you don’t want to work in Australia, visitor visas are a suitable option. They do not carry work rights, but enable you to travel and to participate in study programs. For more information visit our Visitor visa page.
Furthermore, there are student visas or employment visas available.
Without a valid visa you are not allowed to enter Australia.
Therefore, we highly recommend applying for your visa well in advance to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
If your details have changed, you have to notify the Department of Home Affairs right away. We are happy to do this for you at Visapath Australia.
Sie können das Formular jederzeit speichern und später fortsetzen, wenn Sie das möchten. In diesem Fall erhalten Sie von uns einen Link per E-Mail zugesendet, über den Sie einfach und schnell später dort fortfahren können wo Sie aufgehört haben. Ihre Angaben werden 30 Tage gespeichert.
Im Preis inbegriffen ist nicht nur die Einreichung Ihres Working Holiday Visumantrages beim australischen Department of Home Affairs und die Zahlung der entsprechenden Visumgebühr, sondern auch die Durchsicht und Prüfung Ihrer Unterlagen und Angaben in unserem Fragebogen sowie ggf. Rücksprache mit Ihnen. Außerdem kümmern wir uns um Rückfragen der australischen Behörden und leiten Ihnen Ihr Visum nach Genehmigung per E-Mail weiter.
Zusätzlich enthalten sind unser PDF-Guide “99 Dinge – Work & Travel” sowie der TFN Quick Start Guide mit Bereitstellung einer australischen Postanschrift zur Beantragung einer Tax File Number.
Sie bezahlen den Gesamtbetrag in Euro. Als Bezahloptionen bieten wir Ihnen folgende Möglichkeiten:
Sie können diese am Ende des online Formulars auswählen.
