Temporary Work Visas

If you would like to visit Australia for a holiday and be able to work during your stay, you can apply for a Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) or a Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462). If you held a Student visa (subclass 500) and completed your course of study in Australia in the last 6 months, you can apply for a Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) to be able to stay and work in Australia temporarily.

Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417)

Be outside Australia
Be aged 18 to 30 years (or up to 35 years if you hold a passport from Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy or the UK)
Hold a passport from an eligible country
Not be accompanied by dependent children or other family members (each family member over 18 years has to apply for their own Working Holiday visa)

Belgium, Canada, Republic of Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong Special, Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan (other than an official or diplomatic passport), The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including British National Overseas passport holders)

This is a temporary visa - it is granted for a maximum period of 12 months
You can apply for a second Working Holiday visa (whilst either in or outside Australia) - you will need to do 3 months of specified work to become eligible for a second visa (does not apply to UK passport holders)
You can apply for a third Working Holiday visa (whilst either in or outside Australia) - you will need to do 6 months of specified work to become eligible for a third visa (does not apply to UK passport holders)

Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462)

Be outside Australia
Be aged 18 to 30 years
Hold a passport from an eligible country
If you hold a valid passport issued by China, India or Vietnam, you must participate in a visa pre-application process and be randomly selected to apply for a first Work and Holiday visa
Not be accompanied by dependent children or other family members (each family member over 18 years has to apply for their own Working Holiday visa)
Meet education requirement
Meet certain standard of English language proficiency

This is a temporary visa - it is granted for a maximum period of 12 months
You can apply for a second Work and Holiday visa (whilst either in or outside Australia) - you will need to do 3 months of specified work to become eligible for a second visa
You can apply for a third Work and Holiday visa (whilst either in or outside Australia) - you will need to do 6 months of specified work to become eligible for a third visa

Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485)

Be in Australia
Be aged under 35 years (or under 50 in certain circumstances)
Have held a Student visa (subclass 500) in the last 6 months and must have completed your course within 6 months of applying
Meet study requirement
Meet certain standard of English language proficiency
Have an occupation on the relevant Skilled Occupations List and have a skills assessment for that occupation (if applying under Post-Vocational Stream)

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If you are a skilled worker and have an employer-sponsor, consider one of the Sponsored Work visas.

If you are a skilled worker but do not have an employer-sponsor, consider one of the Skilled visas.