Advanced Search

Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Arrangements for Work and Holiday and Working Holiday Visa Applications 2015 - IMMI 15/116

Subscribe to a Global-Regulation Premium Membership Today!

Key Benefits:

Subscribe Now for only USD$40 per month.
Commonwealth of Australia Migration Regulations 1994
ARRANGEMENTS FOR Work and Holiday and Working Holiday VISA APPLICATIONS 2015

(Items 1224A and 1225 and paragraph 462.221(c))
I, JUDITH O’NEILL, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) for items 1224A and 1225 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations:
1.             REVOKE Instrument IMMI 15/040 signed on 16 April 2015 (F2015L00552);
2.             SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the foreign countries in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument;
3.             SPECIFY in the below table, for the purposes of a Work and Holiday (Temporary)(Class US) - Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa:
a)             In Column A, for subregulation 2.07(6) of the Regulations, the classes of applicant;
b)             In Column B, for subitem 1224A(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved forms; and
c)             In Column C, for paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the place and manner for lodging an application:
COLUMN A
Class of applicant
COLUMN B
Form
COLUMN C
Place and Manner

Applicants who hold a valid passport issued by the United States of America
1208 or
1208E (Internet)
Applications, that are not Internet applications, may be made in any foreign country at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia.

Applicants who hold a valid passport issued by the People’s Republic of China
1208
Application must be made by appointment and in person at an address specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument for the corresponding country.

Applicants who hold a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument
1208
Applications must be made at the addresses, specified in Column 3 or Column 4 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument for the corresponding foreign country.

 
4.             SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the postal addresses and street addresses for lodging an application in Column 3 and Column 4, respectively, in the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument, for applicants who hold a valid passport issued by the corresponding foreign country set out in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument;
5.             SPECIFY for the purposes of subparagraph 1224A(3)(b)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, that persons who hold a valid passport issued by China, or the United States of America are a class of persons who are not required to provide evidence of government support for grant of the visa;
6.             SPECIFY for the purposes of subparagraph 1224A(3)(c)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, that a class of persons consists of holders of passports issued by the Islamic Republic of Iran;
7.             SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the educational qualifications, in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument, and the corresponding specified foreign country, in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument.
8.             SPECIFY in the below table for the purposes of Working Holiday (Temporary)(Class TZ) - Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa:
a.              In Column A, for subregulation 2.07(6) of the Regulations, the classes of applicant;
b.             In Column B, for subitem 1225(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved forms; and
c.              In Column C, the following place and manner for making an application for subitem 1225(3) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations:
 
COLUMN A
Class of applicant:
COLUMN B
Form
COLUMN C
Place and Manner

The applicant is, or has previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa
1150; or
1150E
 
Applications may be made:
·         by Internet; OR
·         by posting the application (with the correct pre-paid postage) to:
PO Box 1269
CAIRNS  QLD  4870
AUSTRALIA
 

The applicant:
·         is not, and has not previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa; and
·         is the holder of a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Instrument; and
·         subject to the conditions, if any, specified in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 2 to this instrument for the corresponding country
1150; or
1150E
 
Applications may be made:
·           by Internet; OR
·           in any foreign country at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia

This Instrument, IMMI 15/116, commences on 21 September 2015
Dated 9 September                                              2015
 
 
 
 
 
Judith O’Neill
 
Senior Executive Service, Band one, Temporary Visa Programme Branch, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE 1

Item 1224A - Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) - Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday)Visa

 
COLUMN 1
Foreign Countries
COLUMN 2
Educational Qualification the applicant must hold:
Place and manner

COLUMN 3
Postal address
COLUMN 4
Street address

1
Argentina
1.      tertiary qualifications; or
2.      has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Villanueva 1400
Buenos Aires  C1426BMJ
ARGENTINA
Australian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Villanueva 1400
Buenos Aires  C1426BMJ
ARGENTINA

2
Bangladesh
1.      tertiary qualifications; or
2.      has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian High Commission
The Visa Office
184 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-2
Dhaka  1212  BANGLADESH
 
Australian High Commission
The Visa Office
184 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-2
Dhaka  1212  BANGLADESH
OR
VFS Bangladesh Pvt, Ltd
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
ZN Tower, 1st floor, Plot # 2
Road 8, Block SW(1), Gulshan Avenue
Dhaka  1212  BANGLADESH

3
Chile
1.       tertiary qualification; or
2.       has satisfactorily completed, or have been approved to undertake a third year of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Santiago de Chile
Isidora Goyenechea
3621 Torre – B, Piso 12
Las Condes
SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Australian Embassy, Santiago de Chile
Isidora Goyenechea
3621 Torre – B, Piso 12
Las Condes
SANTIAGO DE CHILE
 

Item 1224A - Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) - Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday)Visa

 
COLUMN 1
Foreign Countries
COLUMN 2
Educational Qualification the applicant must hold:
Place and manner

COLUMN 3
Postal address
COLUMN 4
Street address

4
China
1.        tertiary qualifications; or
2.        has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
not applicable
Application must be made by appointment and in person at one of the following addresses:
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Room D, E, F, G, H, I, 21st Floor
Oriental Kenzo Plaza
No. 48 Dongzhimenwai Street
Dongcheng district, Beijing
CHINA
OR
Unit 02,29/F
HM Tower, No. 3, Jinsui Road
Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, P.R.
Guangzhou, CHINA, 510623
OR
Australia Visa Application Centre
Jiushi Business Building
213 Sichuan
Middle Road
Huang Pu district, Shanghai,
CHINA 200002

5
Indonesia
1.       tertiary qualifications; or
2.       has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jalan H. R. Rasuna Said
Kav C15-16 (Kuningan)
Jakarta Selatan  12940  INDONESIA
Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jalan H. R. Rasuna Said
Kav C15-16 (Kuningan)
Jakarta Selatan  12940  INDONESIA

Item 1224A - Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) - Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday)Visa

 
COLUMN 1
Foreign Countries
COLUMN 2
Educational Qualification the applicant must hold:
Place and manner

COLUMN 3
Postal address
COLUMN 4
Street address

6
Islamic Republic of Iran
Diploma or Degree
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
PO Box 717
CANBERRA CITY  ACT  2601
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
3 Lonsdale Street
BRADDON  ACT  2612

7
Kingdom of Thailand
Diploma or Degree
Australian Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
37 South Sathorn Road
Bangkok,  10120,  THAILAND
Australian Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
37 South Sathorn Road
Bangkok, 10120, THAILAND

8
Malaysia
1.       tertiary qualifications; or
2.       has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian High Commission
PO Box 10921
Kuala Lumpur,  MALAYSIA,  50730
Australian High Commission
6 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng
Kuala Lumpur,  50450,  MALAYSIA
OR
Australia VFS Visa Application Centre
Suite 19.06 19th Floor, Wisma MCA
163 Jalan Ampang,
Kuala Lumpur,  50450,  MALAYSIA

9
Poland
1.       tertiary qualifications; or
2.       has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Visa Office
Wallstrasse 76-79
D-10179  Berlin  GERMANY
Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Visa Office
Wallstrasse 76-79
D-10179 Berlin, GERMANY

Item 1224A - Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) - Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday)Visa

 
COLUMN 1
Foreign Countries
COLUMN 2
Educational Qualification the applicant must hold:
Place and manner

COLUMN 3
Postal address
COLUMN 4
Street address

10
Portugal
1.       tertiary qualifications; or
2.       has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Visa Office
Wallstrasse 76-79
D-10179  Berlin  GERMANY
Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Visa Office
Wallstrasse 76-79
D-10179  Berlin  GERMANY

11
Republic of Turkey
1.      tertiary qualifications; or
2.      has satisfactorily completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
PK 32,
Cankaya 06552
Ankara  TURKEY
 
Australian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
MNG Building
Ugur Mumcu Caddesi 88, 7th Floor
Gaziosmanpasa
Ankara 06700  TURKEY

12
Spain
1.      tertiary qualifications; or
2.      has satisfactorily completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Visa Office
Wallstrasse 76-79
D-10179  Berlin, GERMANY
Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Visa Office
Wallstrasse 76-79
D-10179  Berlin, GERMANY

13
United States of America
secondary school qualifications
for forms which are not Internet forms:
applications may be made in any foreign country at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia
for forms which are not Internet forms:
applications may be made in any foreign country at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia

14
Uruguay
1.       tertiary qualifications; or
2.       has successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study
Australian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Villanueva 1400
Buenos Aires  C1426BMJ
ARGENTINA
Australian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Villanueva 1400
Buenos Aires  C1426BMJ
ARGENTINA

SCHEDULE 2
 

Item 1225 - Working Holiday (Temporary)(Class TZ) - Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa
 

1
Belgium
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Belgium

2
Canada
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Canada

3
Denmark
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Denmark

4
Finland
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Finland

5
France
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of France

6
Italy
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Italy

7
Norway
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Norway

8
Sweden
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Sweden

9
The Netherlands
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of The Netherlands

10
The Republic of Ireland
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Ireland

11
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Passport must indicate that the applicant’s nationality is British Citizen or British National (Overseas)

12
Estonia
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Estonia

 

13
Germany
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Germany

14
Japan
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Japan

15
Malta
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Malta

16
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
Nil

17
The Republic of Cyprus
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Cyprus

18
The Republic of Korea
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Korea

19
Passports issued by the authorities of Taiwan
Passport must not purport to be an official or diplomatic passport