Australian Visa Information

The following countries can get an Australian Working Holiday Visa (Subclass 417) for up to 12 months. If you hold a passport for one of these countries, you may be eligible to apply for this visa.

Belgium
Canada
Cyprus, Republic of
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
HKSAR*
Ireland, Republic of
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Taiwan
United Kingdom

*Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (includes British National Overseas passport holders).

Note:
Hong Kong Documents of Identity cannot be used to apply for this visa.
German Documents of Identity or Children's passports cannot be used to apply for this visa.

If you are from Chile, Thailand, Turkey or USA, you may be eligible to apply for a Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462), which provides similar opportunities for tertiary educated people aged 18 to 30.
Exemption: Applicants from the USA are exempt from the tertiary education requirement.

General requirements for Working Holiday Visa (Subclass 417)

You must:

be outside Australia when you apply and, when your visa is granted.
not have entered Australia on a Working Holiday visa before
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
will not be accompanied by dependent children at any time during your stay in Australia
Note: A dependent child is the child, or step-child, of you or your partner who:
is not married, engaged to be married, or in a de facto relationship
has not turned 18.

For more information and to apply for this visa online go to

http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/417/