Purpose
The Working Holiday Maker Visa program encourages cultural exchange and closer ties between arrangement countries by allowing young people to have an extended holiday, supplemented by short-term employment.
If the main reason of your travel to Australia is to seek and engage in work, please contact Job Capital for further guidance and suitable visa options.
Requirements
This visa is designed for people aged between 18 and 30 from arrangement countries who are interested in a working holiday of up to 12 months in Australia. Some of these countries include 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.
Working Holiday Maker applicants must have turned 18, but not turned 31, at the time of visa application. This visa allows you to supplement the cost of your holiday through short-term employment.
Working Holiday Maker applicants must have access to sufficient funds to support yourself for the initial stage of your holiday. You may be asked to provide evidence such as a banks statement and an air ticket out of Australia.
Working Holiday Maker Visa applicants are not covered by Australia’s national health scheme unless there is a reciprocal health care agreement between Australia and your country. Working Holiday Maker Visa applicants must meet character requirements. Please refer to: http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/417/eligibility-first.htm
Second Working Holiday Visa
People who have worked in a specified industry in regional Australia for a minimum of three months (88 days) while on their first Working Holiday Maker Visa, may be eligible to apply for a Working Holiday Maker Visa.
To be eligible for a second Working Holiday Maker Visa, you must meet a number of requirements. You may apply either while you still hold a first Working Holiday Maker Visa a or at a later date.
You must:
- Have completed three months of specified work in regional Australia please refer: http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/417/specified-work.htm
- While on your first Working Holiday Maker Visa (there is no requirement to do further specified work on the second visa)
- Be aged between 18 and 30 years (inclusive) at the time of applying
- Be applying no more than 12 months before you intend to travel to Australia, if applying from outside Australia
- Will not be accompanied by dependent children at any time during your stay in Australia
Visa
If you are granted this visa you can:
- Enter Australia within 12 months of grant
- Stay up to 12 months
- Leave and re-enter Australia any number of times while the visa is valid
- Work in Australia for up to 6 months with each employer
- Study for up to 4 months.
If you hold a second Working Holiday Marker visa, you may return to work for a further 6 months for an employer with whom you worked on your first Working Holiday Maker visa.
Working Holiday Maker – How We Can Help
Job Capital offers a one-stop shop solution for your Working Holiday Maker Visa needs. We handle the Working Holiday Maker Visa process from the application of the initial Working Holiday Maker Visa arrange for rural segment and application for the second WHM. For finding ‘Specified Work’ in rural areas, please click here (HYPERLINK TO NEXT PAGE)
We are committed to place you in a suitable employment, depending on your skills and experience throughout your stay in Australia.
Should your needs extend beyond your initial Working Holiday Maker Visa, Job Capital offers packages that are tailored to help you to progress to a Long Stay Business Visa (Subclass 457) and permanent residency status in Australia (depending on your skills and experience matching DIAC requirements).
We can also help you to identify (and provide solutions to) any skill and academic gaps that may prevent you from being eligible for a Long Stay Business Visa (Subclass 457) and Skilled Migration (permanent residency).
Second working Holiday Maker Maker Visa - How We Can Help
Specified work
Specified work is any type of work that is undertaken in a 'specified' field or industry. Such work includes:
- plant and animal cultivation eg. picking fruits on a farm/orchard, feeding /
herding cattle which are kept for commercial purposes, etc
- fishing and pearling
- tree farming and felling
- mining eg. extracting ore on a mine site
- construction eg. constructing a house
How we can help you to find specified work
Job Capital partners with rural farmers and organisations across Australia who are seeking workers in their business operations. We operate dedicated job vacancies on its job boards to find suitable vacancies and endeavours to place you in your area and occupation of choice. Contact us if you are ready for an extended stay and work in the country you love, Australia.
