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Working Holiday Maker (WHM) program

If we grant you another visa (such as an eVisitor (subclass 651) or Transit (subclass 771) visa) while you are holding your Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visa (subclass 417 or subclass 462), your WHM visa will cease on the date the other visa is granted. This may prevent you from working in Australia and applying for another WHM visa. See 417 - When you have this visa ​or 462 - When you have this visa.


You must declare your current location correctly on your visa application form. We may not be able to grant your visa if your location is incorrect.

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Overview

Specified work is work that is undertaken in a 'specified' industry and area of Australia. Information on eligible industries and areas of Australia is provided below.

To be eligible to apply for a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa, you must have already completed a prescribed minimum period of 'specified subclass 462 work' in certain circumstances.

All specified subclass 462 work must be paid in accordance with the relevant Australian legislation and awards.

You can include voluntary work as specified work for the purpose of applying for a second or third Work and Holiday visa where it is related to recovery work undertaken in bushfire-declared areas, or to other declared areas that have been affected by natural disasters.

All specified subclass 462 work must be paid in accordance with the relevant Australian legislation and awards.

You can include voluntary work as specified work for the purpose of applying for a second or third Work and Holiday visa where it is related to recovery work undertaken in bushfire declared areas, or to other declared areas that have been affected by natural disasters.

Approved industries and areas for specified work

In support of the government's continuing initiatives to address labour shortages in Australia, the department is temporarily applying flexibility to the specified work requirement, giving greater weight to the specified work industry. This means that work which supports the ongoing operations of a specified industry (such as administrative and cleaning support services) in an eligible postcode may be accepted.

The following industries and areas are approved for specified work:

  • tourism and hospitality in Northern or Remote and Very Remote Australia, from 22 June 2021
  • plant and animal cultivation in Northern Australia and other specified areas of regional Australia
  • fishing and pearling in northern Australia only
  • tree farming and felling in northern Australia only
  • construction in northern Australia and other specified areas of regional Australia
  • bushfire recovery work in declared bushfire affected areas carried out after 31 July 2019
  • recovery work in flood, cyclone, or other severe weather affected areas carried out after 31 December 2021
  • Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors anywhere in Australia, after 31 January 2020.

Tourism and hospitality in Northern or Remote and Very Remote Australia only

From 22 June 2021, tourism and hospitality work carried out within postcodes 4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215, Northern Australia or Remote and Very Remote Australia, is considered eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa application lodged from 5 March 2022.

Tourism and hospitality specified work, carried out in the areas above, includes a range of occupations in one or more of the following services:

Accommodation:

  • Hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, and backpacker hostels
  • Caravan parks and camping grounds
  • Commercial housekeeping services
  • Boarding houses, guesthouses and reception centres.

Food and Beverage:

  • Cafes and restaurants
  • Takeaway food services/businesses
  • Catering services
  • Pubs, taverns and bars
  • Hospitality clubs.

Services provided directly to tourists:

  • Tourist guides and operators
  • Outdoor adventure or activity instructors
  • Tourist transport service workers
  • Gallery or museum workers, curators or guides
  • Travel agency and tourist information workers
  • Event and entertainment venue workers.

Examples of eligible specified subclass 462 work in tourism or hospitality:

  • a chef in a restaurant
  • a guest service agent in a hotel
  • a dive instructor
  • a tour bus driver.

For subclass 462 visa holders, the previous definition of tourism and hospitality in Northern Australia only will continue to apply for applications lodged before 5 March 2022 and to any work carried out before 22 June 2021 (regardless of when the application is lodged).

Plant and animal cultivation

Plant and animal cultivation can be defined as the harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops as well as the immediate processing of animal products including shearing, butchery, packing and tanning.

Plant and animal cultivation can also include pruning and trimming vines and trees directly associated with the cultivation and commercial sale of plant produce, such as fruit and nut crops (commercial horticultural activities). This must be your primary employment task, and that general garden maintenance is not an eligible activity.

Examples of eligible specified work in plant and animal cultivation include:

  • picking fruits on an orchard
  • cultivating or propagating plants, fungi or their products or parts
  • immediate processing of plant products
  • manufacturing dairy produce from raw material
  • horse breeding and stud farming
  • maintaining animals for the purpose of selling them or their bodily produce, including natural increase
  • feeding and herding cattle on a farm
  • conservation and environmental reforestation work
  • zoo work involving plant or animal cultivation

Secondary processing or provision of plant and animal products are not eligible for consideration toward the specified work requirement. This includes winemaking, brewing and distillation, milling, manufacturing of small goods, and retail of dairy or butchery products (e.g. making of processed meats).

Fishing and pearling

Examples of eligible specified work in fishing and pearling include:

  • conducting operations relating directly to taking or catching fish and other aquatic species
  • conducting operations relating directly to taking or culturing pearls or pearl shell.

Tree farming and felling

Tree farming and felling can be defined as planting or tending trees in a plantation or forest that are intended to be felled.

Examples of eligible specified work in tree farming and felling include:

  • felling trees in a plantation or forest
  • transporting trees or parts of trees that were felled in a plantation or forest to the place where they are first to be milled or processed or from which they are to be transported to the place where they are to be milled or processed.

Construction

For the purposes of specified work, construction is defined as residential and non-residential building construction, heavy and civil engineering construction, land development and site preparation services and building structure, installation, and completion services.

Examples of eligible specified work in construction include:

  • landscaping the grounds of a construction site
  • painting the interior/exterior of new buildings
  • erecting fences on a construction site
  • scaffolding
  • other construction services (including support and cleaning services).

Bushfire recovery work

WHMs can count bushfire recovery work in declared bushfire-affected areas as specified work, if the work is carried out after 31 July 2019. As of 5 April 2025, new postcodes have been added to declared bushfire-affected areas.

For a list of eligible postcodes, see Bushfire Declared Areas.

  • construction, farming, or any other work in association with recovery or restitution of land, property, farm animals or wildlife; and
  • support services or assistance to people living, working or volunteering in the affected areas.

Examples of eligible paid or volunteer specified work in bushfire recovery:

  • re-building fences destroyed in a bushfire affected community
  • caring for wildlife in a bushfire affected community
  • support work for volunteer organisations assisting victims of bushfires
  • demolition of buildings, trench digging, land clearing and earth moving
  • residential and non-residential construction or renovation/repair, including of roads, footpaths, bridges, parking lots, fencing, railways, dams, irrigation systems, sewage and storm water drainage systems.

Natural disaster recovery work

WHMs can count work assisting in the recovery of natural disasters, such as floods, cyclones and other severe weather events, as ‘specified work’. The work can be paid or voluntary.

This applies to recovery work carried out after 31 December 2021 in areas that have been declared affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather events. It applies to visa applications lodged on or after 5 April 2025, or applications lodged but not decided by this date.

WHMs wishing to apply for a second or third Work and Holiday visa based on disaster recovery work, must select ‘flood recovery - paid’ or ‘flood recovery - volunteer’ under ‘Employment type’ when completing their visa application form on ImmiAccount.

For further information on declared disasters, see Find a disaster.

For a list of eligible postcodes, see Natural disaster declared areas.

Examples of eligible paid or volunteer specified work in natural disaster recovery work include:

  • general cleaning up, including wiping down items, moving and cleaning furniture and appliances, hosing out properties and outdoor areas or mopping floors and transportation of rubbish
  • demolition of buildings, trench digging, land clearing and earth moving
  • residential and non-residential construction or renovation/repair, including of roads, footpaths, bridges, parking lots, fencing, railways, dams, irrigation systems, sewage and storm water drainage systems
  • work for charitable organisations assisting flood affected communities, including administrative, technical, and coordination support
  • administrative support, including customer service and working in call centres providing flood recovery support
  • coordination support, including services for insurance companies and local, state and federal government organisations and community and evacuation centres
  • transport support, including delivering food, medications or other essential items to flood victims
  • caring for, transporting and managing affected animals and related equipment.

Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors

Specified work in this industry must be critical to Australia’s response to COVID-19 including:

  • medical treatment, nursing, contact tracing, testing and research
  • support services including cleaning of medical, health care, and quarantine facilities and equipment involved in the response to COVID-19
  • specified work must have been carried out after 31 January 2020, anywhere in Australia.

Applicants should include evidence to demonstrate how their work supported Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Examples of eligible specified work include:

  • nursing care for COVID-19 cases in a hospital or other facility
  • mental health support work for COVID-19 cases in a hospital or other facility
  • research relating to COVID-19 vaccine or treatment
  • contact tracing for public health departments
  • cleaning at a COVID-19 testing centre or other facility.

How to count specified work

This section applies equally to both Working Holiday (subclass 417) and Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visas and uses the collective term 'Working Holiday Maker' (WHM) visas.

Minimum period

To be eligible for a second WHM visa, you must have carried out at least 3 months of specified work. ‘3 months’ is taken to mean a period equivalent to the 3 shortest 'calendar' months of the year, that is, a minimum period of 88 calendar days, including weekends or equivalent rest days during your period of employment.

To be eligible for a third WHM visa, you must have carried out at least 6 months of specified work on or after 1 July 2019. '6 months' is taken to mean a period equivalent to the 6 shortest 'calendar' months of the year, that is, a minimum period of 179 calendar days, including weekends or equivalent rest days during your period of employment.

To meet the requirement for a minimum period of specified work you must complete the same number of normal work days or shifts as a full-time employee in that role and industry would normally work in a 3 month (88 calendar day) or 6 month (179 calendar day) period. You can do this in a variety of ways, for example:

  • working 5 days a week for a continuous period of 3 or 6 calendar months, including on a piecework rate agreement
  • working less than 5 days a week over a period longer than 3 or 6 calendar months, including on a piecework rate agreement
  • working multiple short periods of work in any combination of full time, part time or on a piecework rate, which add up to the equivalent of 5 days a week over 3 or 6 calendar months

You do not need to do your 3 or 6 months of specified work all in one go, or all with one employer. You are free to spread the work over the stay period of your current visa. You can also undertake specified work for longer than the required minimum period.

You cannot complete the specified work requirement in a total period shorter than 3 or 6 calendar months.

Example - Marko - full time continuous work

While on his first visa, Marko works full-time for a tour company as a tour guide from 1 December to 26 February, a total of 88 calendar days. Marko works 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) for this whole period and is paid the correct legal wage.  Marko has met the 3-month specified work requirement.

Example – Kim – does not meet 3 months of specified work

While on her first visa, Kim works 2 days a week at a vineyard maintaining vines and picking grapes from 1 February to 30 April. The vineyard work is eligible specified work and she is paid the correct lawful wage. The work has occurred over a 3-month period; however, she has not worked the equivalent number of days that would be worked by a full time worker in a 3-month period. She will need to work a proportionately longer period of part time work to meet the specified work requirement.

Kim has not worked the equivalent of 3 months’ specified work and does not meet the requirement

Example - Karla - separate periods of full time and part time work:

First job – While on her second visa, Karla works 5 days a week in a fruit orchard picking and packing fruit under a signed piecework rate agreement from 1 January to 30 April. This period counts as 4 calendar months (in this case 120 calendar days) towards the specified work requirement.

Second job - Later, Karla does casual work picking vegetables at a market garden for 5 days a fortnight from 1 August to 30 November. During this period of 4 calendar months (in this case 122 calendar days), she has worked half of the usual full time work hours for this employer. This period can therefore count as a total of 2 months (or 61 days) towards the specified work requirement.

Karla adds these 2 work periods together, counting:
4 months (120 calendar days) for the period of full time work
+
2 months (61 calendar days) for the period of part time work over 4 months
=
6 months (which in in this case is more than 179 calendar days) of specified work

Karla has therefore worked the equivalent of 6 months of full time work and has met the 6 month specified work requirement.

Circumstances in which specified work must have been undertaken

Generally, you must have undertaken all your specified work while holding your previous WHM visa. This means that applicants for a second WHM visa must have undertaken all specified work while holding their first WHM visa, and applicants for a third WHM visa must have undertaken all specified work while holding their second WHM visa, on or after 1 July 2019. This is how most applicants meet the specified work requirement.

A small number of applicants may also be able to count specified work carried out in the circumstances described below.

Bridging visas

This rule ensures that, in certain circumstances, specified work you undertake while waiting for your visa application to be processed can still be counted towards a subsequent WHM visa application.

If:

  • you applied for a second WHM visa while your first WHM visa was still valid, and
  • while we were still processing your second WHM visa application, your first WHM visa ceased and a bridging visa came into effect

then you can count specified work carried out on this bridging visa towards eligibility for a third WHM visa, whether you apply in or outside Australia.

Subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visas

For applications lodged on or after 14 November 2020, former WHMs can count critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors undertaken on a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa towards eligibility for a second or third WHM visa. This special arrangement recognises the contribution of WHMs doing critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors and ensures they can still access subsequent WHM visa options.

If you:

  • transitioned in Australia from a WHM visa directly to a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa (or an unbroken series of subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visas), and
  • carried out some critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors while holding one of these subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visas

Then you can count:

  • that work, and
  • any other specified work you carried out while holding a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa

towards eligibility for a second or third WHM visa, whether you apply in or outside Australia.

The previous bridging visa rule also applies if you held, or applied for, a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa.

To avoid any doubt, the following work can’t be counted as specified work:

  • work undertaken while you held a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa if you did NOT carry out any critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors
  • work undertaken while you held any other kind of visa, for example a Student visa
  • work undertaken while you held a subclass 408 visa that was not in the “AGEE COVID-19 Pandemic event” stream
  • work undertaken while you held a bridging visa other than in the circumstances described above
  • for third WHM visa applications, work undertaken while you held your first WHM visa
  • for third WHM visa applications, work undertaken before 1 July 2019
Example – Dara – specified work while on a bridging visa is eligible

While Dara was in Australia on her first Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa, she applied for a second Work and Holiday visa. During the processing of her application, her first Work and Holiday visa expired, her bridging visa came into effect and she commenced specified work. Her second Work and Holiday visa was then granted.

The specified work Dara undertook after her first Work and Holiday visa expired and while she held the bridging visa is eligible.

Example – Jiri – specified work while on a bridging visa is not eligible

Jiri left Australia when his first Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa expired and returned to Australia on a student visa.  At the completion of his studies, he applied in Australia for a second Work and Holiday visa.  After submitting his application, he commenced specified work.  During the processing of his application, Jiri’s student visa expired and his bridging visa came into effect. His second Work and Holiday visa was then granted and he continued his specified work.

The specified work Jiri undertook after he submitted his application and before his second Work and Holiday visa was granted (that is, while his student visa was still in effect or while he held the bridging visa) is not eligible. (However, specified work undertaken after the grant of his second Work and Holiday visa will be eligible.)

Example – Bernadette – critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors on a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa is eligible

During Bernadette’s first WHM visa, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and she decided to work as a contact tracer in Melbourne rather than relocate to a regional area to do specified work. This meant that she was not eligible to apply for a second WHM visa, but was also unable to depart Australia due to travel restrictions when her first WHM visa expired. Based on her critical work, she was granted a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa. She then continued to work as a contact tracer for 3 months. If she chooses to apply for a second WHM visa in the future, she will meet the specified work requirement.

Example – Sam – critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors and other specified work on a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa is eligible

One month before Sam’s second WHM visa expired, he started working as a nurse in a COVID-19 testing centre. He was then granted a subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa and continued his critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors for 4 months, until the testing centre closed.  He then worked for one month picking fruit in regional Australia.  If Sam chooses to apply for a third WHM visa in the future, he will be able to count all this work to meet the 6-month specified work requirement.

Normal work days or shifts

You should agree with your employer the number of working hours, before you start work.

One single day of work is the normal number of hours per day or shift that is considered standard practice in the industry and role in which you are employed.

If you are working on a piecework rate, the number of hours can depend on the weather and ripening of crops.

If you are working on an Award, you should check your conditions of employment, including rostering, overtime, and penalty rates.

You cannot count work carried out on one calendar day as more than one day of specified subclass 462 work. For example, if the industry's standard day is 5 hours long, working 10 hours on one day – in a single or separate shifts for one or more employers – does not count as 2 days of specified work.

For volunteer bushfire or disaster recovery work, any day on which you worked can be counted as one day.

Example: While on her second visa, Maria works on a dairy farm milking and other duties. Maria makes an agreement with her employer to work 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) from 4am to 7am and 1pm to 4pm each working day (a total of 6 working hours per day) for 6 months. These hours are considered normal for this role and Maria is paid the correct legal wage. Maria can count every day of work towards the 6-month specified work requirement, which she meets.

Example: While on his first visa, Jose works on a fruit orchard picking and packing mangoes. Jose is working on a piecework rate and works 5 or 6 days a week for 3 months. Depending on the weather and ripening of crops, he works between 5 to 8 hours each working day. Jose can count all of these days of work towards the 3-month specified work requirement, which he meets.

Example: While on her first visa, Sophia works on a casual basis for a café. Sophia works 5 or 6 days a week for 3 months. Depending on the café roster, Sophia works between 5 to nine hours each working day (including meal breaks). These hours are considered normal in this industry and role and she has been paid the correct legal wage. Sophia has met the 3-month specified work requirement.

Example: While on his first visa, Luigi works as a nurse at a hospital caring for COVID-19 patients and conducting COVID-19 screening. Luigi works 3 12-hour shifts per week for 3 months. As these hours are considered normal in this industry, Luigi has met the 3-month specified work requirement.

Australian public holidays and sick days

Australian public holidays and sick days (or equivalent workers compensation leave days) can be counted as a day of specified work if you are paid for that day. Public Holiday or leave days that are not paid, cannot be included in your total period of specified work.

If you are working on an Award, you should check your conditions of employment including leave and public holiday entitlements.

Severe or seasonal weather

You cannot include any unpaid days where you did not work due to severe or seasonal weather towards your total period of specified work.

You should plan to complete your specified work early in your stay, as no exception will be made for failure to complete the required minimum period of specified work because of severe weather – or any other reason.

Example: While on her first visa, Petra was contracted to work 5 days a week under a piecework rate agreement on a sugar-cane farm doing harvest work from 1 June to 27 August – a period of 88 calendar days. However, she could not work for a total of 5 scheduled working days due to severe weather, and she was not paid for these 5 days. Petra later completed an additional 5 working days with another employer from 1 to 5 September, also under a piecework rate agreement. She has now completed the equivalent of 3 months (88 calendar days) of full time work and has met the 3-month specified work requirement.

Shift work

Variable shift work arrangements, which are standard practice in the industry, can be counted towards specified work.

For example, if your full time paid employment contract involves 2 weeks rostered on for every day and then 2 weeks rostered off as rest days, provided this is standard practice in the industry, and you are paid for this whole period, then all 4 weeks (28 days) can be counted towards your total period of specified work. Be sure to keep a copy of your employment contract.

How to find specified work

You can find specified work vacancies in the same way you would find other job vacancies, such as through employment pages in newspapers, the Internet, social media and job placement service providers.

Vacancies for agriculture and harvest work can also be found on the Australian Government’s Workforce Australia jobs board.

You should not leave it until the end of your stay to arrange your specified work. This allows for unforeseen circumstances that may prevent you completing the required period of specified work, such as bad weather, illness or not finding enough work.

You should ensure that the vacancy meets the definition of specified work listed above and that the work will take place in an eligible postcode of a designated area of Australia. To find a listed postcode, see Eligible postcodes under each designated area below. 

Eligible postcodes under each designated area

Below you can find all the eligible postcodes listed under each of the five designated areas of Australia for the purposes of defining specified subclass 462 work: Remote and Very Remote Australia, northern Australia, regional Australia, bushfire declared areas, and National disaster declared areas.

Note that postcodes listed in a range are inclusive. For example, "4417 to 4420" includes postcodes 4417, 4418, 4419 and 4420, and indicates that all postcodes within that range are eligible under specified subclass 462 work. 

Remote and Very Remote Australia

Tourism and hospitality work carried out from 22 June 2021 in the following areas of Remote and Very Remote Australia is considered eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa application lodged from 5 March 2022.

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Table 1: Remote and Very Remote Australia
State/Territory Postcodes

New South Wales

2356, 2386, 2387, 2396, 2405, 2406, 2672, 2675, 2825, 2826, 2829, 2832 to 2836, 2838 to 2840, 2873, 2878, 2879, 2898, 2899

Northern Territory

All postcodes in Northern Territory are eligible

Queensland

4025, 4183, 4417 to 4420, 4422, 4423, 4426 to 4428, 4454, 4461, 4462, 4465, 4467, 4468, 4470, , 4474, 4475, 4477 to 4482, 4486 to 4494, 4496, 4497, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4707, 4709 to 4714, 4717, 4720 to 4728, 4730 to 4733, 4735 to 4746, 4750, 4751, 4753, 4754, 4756, 4757, 4798 to 4812, 4814 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895

Victoria

3424, 3506, 3509, 3512, 3889 to 3892

South Australia

5220 to 5223, 5302 to 5304, 5440, 5576, 5577, 5582, 5583, 5602 to 5607, 5611, 5630 to 5633, 5640 to 5642, 5650 to 5655, 5660, 5661, 5670, 5671, 5680, 5690, 5713, 5715, 5717, 5719, 5720, 5722 to 5725, 5730 to 5734

Tasmania

7139, 7255 to 7257, 7466 to 7470

Western Australia

6161, 6335 to 6338, 6341, 6343, 6346, 6348, 6350 to 6353, 6355 to 6359, 6361, 6363, 6365, 6367 to 6369, 6373, 6375, 6385, 6386, 6418 to 6429, 6431, 6434, 6436 to 6438, 6440, 6443, 6445 to 6448, 6450, 6452, 6466 to 6468, 6470, 6472, 6473, 6475 to 6477, 6479, 6480, 6484, 6487 to 6490, 6515, 6517 to 6519, 6536, 6605, 6606, 6608, 6609, 6612 to 6614, 6616, 6620, 6623, 6625, 6627, 6628, 6630 to 6632, 6635, 6638 to 6640, 6731, 6733, 6798, 6799

Tourism and hospitality work carried out from 22 June 2021 in the following areas of Australia is considered eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa application lodged from 1 July 2022.

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Table 2: Remote and Very Remote Australia
State Postcode

QLD

4406, 4416, 4498

TAS

7215

Northern Australia

Work carried out in the following areas of Northern Australia in tourism and hospitality, plant and animal cultivation, forestry, fishing and construction, is considered eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa.

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Table 3: Northern Australia
State/Territory Postcodes

Queensland

4472, 4478, 4481, 4482, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4707, 4709 to 4714, 4717, 4720 to 4728, 4730 to 4733, 4735 to 4746, 4750, 4751, 4753, 4754, 4756, 4757, 4798 to 4812, 4814 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895

Western Australia

0872, 6537, 6642, 6646, 6701, 6705, 6707, 6710 to 6714, 6716, 6718, 6720 to 6722, 6725, 6726, 6728, 6740, 6743, 6751, 6753, 6754, 6758, 6760, 6762, 6765, 6770

Northern Territory

All postcodes in Northern Territory are eligible

Regional Australia

Work carried out in the following areas of regional Australia in plant and animal cultivation, and construction, is considered eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa.

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Table 4: Regional Australia
State/Territory Postcodes

New South Wales

2311 to 2312, 2328 to 2411, 2420 to 2490, 2536 to 2551, 2575 to 2594, 2618 to 2739, 2787 to 2898

Victoria

3139, 3211 to 3334, 3340 to 3424, 3430 to 3649, 3658 to 3749, 3753, 3756, 3758, 3762, 3764, 3778 to 3781, 3783, 3797, 3799, 3810 to 3909, 3921 to 3925, 3945 to 3974, 3979, 3981 to 3996

Queensland

4124 to 4125; 4133; 4211; 4270 to 4272; 4275; 4280; 4285; 4287; 4307 to 4499; 4510; 4512; 4515 to 4519; 4522 to 4899

South Australia

All postcodes in South Australia are eligible

Tasmania

All postcodes in Tasmania are eligible

Western Australia

6041 to 6044; 6055 to 6056; 6069; 6076; 6083 to 6084; 6111; 6121 to 6126; 6200 to 6799

Northern Territory

All postcodes in Northern Territory are eligible

Norfolk Island

All postcodes in Norfolk Island are eligible

Bushfire declared areas

Bushfire recovery work carried out after 31 July 2019 in the following areas is considered eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa.

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Table 5: Bushfire declared areas

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

All postcodes in ACT are eligible

New South Wales

2069 to 2076, 2083, 2172, 2173, 2178, 2224 to 2234, 2250, 2251, 2256 to 2265, 2267, 2278, 2280 to 2287, 2289, 2290, 2305, 2306, 2311, 2312, 2315 to 2331, 2333 to 2341, 2344 to 2347, 2350, 2352 to 2356, 2358 to 2361, 2365, 2369 to 2372, 2386 to 2388, 2390, 2397 to 2406, 2408 to 2411, 2415, 2420 to 2431, 2439 to 2441, 2443 to 2450, 2452 to 2456, 2460, 2462 to 2466, 2469 to 2490, 2500, 2502, 2505, 2506, 2508, 2515 to 2519, 2525, 2526, 2530, 2536 to 2541, 2545, 2546, 2548 to 2551, 2555, 2560, 2568 to 2588, 2590, 2594, 2611, 2618 to 2633, 2640, 2642, 2644, 2646, 2649 to 2653, 2655, 2656, 2658 to 2661, 2678, 2702, 2710, 2716, 2720, 2722, 2725 to 2727, 2729, 2730, 2733, 2745, 2747 to 2750, 2752 to 2754, 2756 to 2760, 2765, 2773 to 2780, 2782 to 2787, 2790 to 2795, 2797 to 2800, 2803 to 2808, 2818, 2820, 2822, 2824 to 2826, 2828 to 2835, 2838 to 2840, 2844 to 2850, 2852, 2864 to 2868, 2870, 2873, 2877, 4377, 4380, 4383, 4385

Northern Territory

0822, 0847, 0852, 0854, 0860, 0862, 0870, 0872 to 0875

Queensland

4114, 4118, 4119, 4124, 4125, 4127 to 4133, 4157 to 4161, 4163 to 4165, 4178, 4183, 4184, 4205, 4207 to 4218, 4220, 4221, 4223 to 4228, 4270, 4272, 4275, 4280, 4285, 4287, 4300, 4301, 4303 to 4307, 4309 to 4314, 4340 to 4344, 4346, 4347, 4350, 4352 to 4365, 4370 to 4378, 4380 to 4385, 4387, 4388, 4390, 4400 to 4407, 4417, 4426 to 4428, 4454, 4455, 4461, 4462, 4465, 4467, 4474, 4480, 4486 to 4488, 4492 to 4494, 4496 to 4498, 4515, 4517 to 4519, 4550, 4551, 4553 to 4575, 4580, 4581, 4600, 4601, 4614, 4615, 4621, 4625 to 4627, 4630, 4670, 4671, 4673, 4674, 4676 to 4678, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4700 to 4706, 4709 to 4712, 4717, 4720, 4722, 4723, 4741, 4810 to 4812, 4814 to 4816, 4818, 4819, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4873, 4877 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895

South Australia

5052, 5072, 5073, 5076, 5110, 5112 to 5118, 5120, 5121, 5131 to 5134, 5136 to 5142, 5144, 5151 to 5157, 5201, 5204, 5220 to 5223, 5231 to 5238, 5240 to 5245, 5250 to 5255, 5259 to 5261, 5264 to 5267, 5271, 5273, 5275, 5301 to 5304, 5320, 5321, 5330, 5351, 5353, 5354, 5356, 5357, 5374, 5552, 5558, 5570 to 5573, 5575 to 5577, 5580 to 5583, 5605 to 5607, 5630 to 5632

Tasmania

7017, 7026, 7027, 7030, 7116, 7119, 7120, 7140, 7190, 7212 to 7216, 7264, 7270, 7275, 7304

Victoria

3023, 3024, 3029, 3037, 3104, 3114 to 3116, 3125, 3127 to 3140, 3145, 3147 to 3156, 3158, 3160 to 3163, 3165 to 3175, 3177 to 3180, 3183, 3185, 3187, 3189, 3190, 3192, 3194 to 3202, 3204, 3211 to 3227, 3233, 3234, 3236 to 3239, 3241 to 3243, 3249 to 3251, 3254, 3260, 3264 to 3266, 3268, 3270 to 3287, 3289, 3292 to 3294, 3300 to 3305, 3309 to 3312, 3314, 3315, 3321 to 3323, 3328 to 3338, 3340 to 3342, 3345, 3350 to 3352, 3355 to 3358, 3373 to 3375, 3377 to 3381, 3467 to 3469, 3317 to 3319, 3360 to 3364, 3370, 3371, 3384, 3385, 3387, 3388, 3393, 3395, 3400, 3401, 3407, 3409, 3412 to 3415, 3418 to 3420, 3423, 3424, 3427, 3430 to 3435, 3437, 3438, 3440 to 3442, 3444, 3446 to 3448, 3450, 3451, 3453, 3458, 3460 to 3465, 3472, 3475, 3477, 3478, 3480, 3482, 3483, 3485, 3488, 3490, 3515, 3516, 3518, 3521 to 3523, 3525, 3527, 3529, 3530 to 3533, 3544, 3550, 3551, 3555 to 3559, 3570, 3600, 3607, 3608, 3610, 3612, 3614, 3616 to 3618, 3629 to 3631, 3633, 3634, 3646, 3647, 3658, 3659, 3660, 3662 to 3666, 3669, 3670, 3672, 3673, 3675, 3677, 3682, 3683, 3685, 3687, 3688, 3690, 3691, 3695, 3697 to 3701, 3704, 3705, 3707 to 3709, 3711 to 3715, 3717 to 3720, 3722, 3723, 3725, 3726, 3732, 3733, 3735, 3737 to 3741, 3744, 3746, 3747, 3749, 3753, 3756 to 3758, 3762 to 3767, 3770, 3777 to 3779, 3781 to 3783, 3785 to 3789, 3791 to 3793, 3795 to 3797, 3802 to 3810, 3812 to 3816, 3818, 3820 to 3825, 3831 to 3833, 3835, 3840, 3842, 3844, 3847, 3850 to 3852, 3854, 3856 to 3860, 3862, 3864, 3865, 3869 to 3871, 3873 to 3875, 3878, 3880, 3882, 3885 to 3893, 3895 to 3896, 3898, 3900, 3902 to 3904, 3909 to 3913, 3915, 3916, 3918 to 3920, 3922, 3923, 3925 to 3931, 3933, 3934, 3936 to 3946, 3950, 3951, 3953, 3954, 3956 to 3960, 3962, 3964 to 3967, 3971, 3975 to 3981, 3984, 3987, 3988, 3990 to 3992, 3995, 3996

Western Australia

6030 to 6038, 6055, 6063 to 6069, 6077 to 6079, 6083, 6090, 6302, 6304, 6306, 6528, 6628, 6630 to 6632, 6635, 6640, 6642, 6646, 6705, 6721, 6722, 6725, 6726, 6753, 6758, 6760, 6762

Natural disaster declared areas

Recovery work carried out from 31 December 2021 in the following areas of Australia, that have been declared affected by other natural disasters, such as flood, cyclones or other severe weather events, is considered eligible for specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa. This applies to applications lodged on or after 5 April 2025 and undecided applications on this date.

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Table 6: Natural disaster declared areas
State/Territory Postcode

New South Wales

2011, 2018 to 2022, 2031, 2032, 2035, 2036, 2038 to 2042, 2044, 2045, 2048 to 2050, 2063, 2067, 2069 to 2077, 2079 to 2087, 2092 to 2097, 2099 to 2108, 2112 to 2122, 2125 to 2128, 2130 to 2133, 2141 to 2148, 2150 to 2168, 2170 to 2179, 2190 to 2200, 2203 to 2214, 2216 to 2234, 2250, 2251, 2256 to 2263, 2287, 2289, 2291 to 2300, 2302 to 2305, 2307, 2308, 2311, 2312, 2315 to 2331, 2333 to 2347, 2350, 2352 to 2361, 2365, 2369 to 2372, 2379 to 2382, 2386 to 2388, 2390, 2395 to 2406, 2408 to 2411, 2415, 2420 to 2431, 2439 to 2441, 2443 to 2450, 2452 to 2456, 2460, 2462 to 2466, 2469 to 2490, 2500, 2502, 2505, 2506, 2508, 2515 to 2519, 2525 to 2530, 2533 to 2541, 2545, 2546, 2548 to 2551, 2555 to 2560, 2563 to 2588, 2590, 2594, 2611, 2618 to 2633, 2640 to 2653, 2655, 2656, 2658 to 2661, 2663, 2665, 2666, 2668, 2669, 2671, 2672, 2675, 2678, 2680, 2681, 2700 to 2703, 2705 to 2707, 2710 to 2717, 2720 to 2722, 2725 to 2727, 2729 to 2739, 2745, 2747 to 2750, 2752 to 2754, 2756 to 2763, 2765 to 2770, 2773 to 2780, 2782 to 2787, 2790 to 2795, 2797 to 2800, 2803 to 2810, 2817, 2818, 2820 to 2836, 2838 to 2840, 2842 to 2850, 2852, 2864 to 2871, 2873 to 2880, 2898, 3644, 3707, 4375, 4377, 4380, 4383, 4385

Northern Territory

0822, 0847, 0852, 0854, 0860, 0862, 0870, 0872 to 0875, 0886

Queensland

4000, 4005 to 4014, 4017 to 4022, 4025, 4030 to 4032, 4034 to 4037, 4051, 4053 to 4055, 4059 to 4061, 4064 to 4070, 4073 to 4078, 4101 to 4125, 4127 to 4133, 4151 to 4161, 4163 to 4165, 4169 to 4174, 4178, 4179, 4183, 4184, 4205, 4207 to 4218, 4220, 4221, 4223 to 4228, 4270, 4272, 4275, 4280, 4285, 4287, 4300, 4301, 4303 to 4307, 4309 to 4314, 4340 to 4344, 4346, 4347, 4350, 4352 to 4365, 4370 to 4378, 4380 to 4385, 4387, 4388, 4390, 4400 to 4408, 4410 to 4413, 4415 to 4428, 4454, 4455, 4461, 4462, 4465, 4467, 4468, 4470, 4472, 4474, 4477, 4479 to 4481, 4486 to 4494, 4496 to 4498, 4500 to 4512, 4514 to 4521, 4550 to 4575, 4580, 4581, 4600, 4601, 4605, 4606, 4608, 4610 to 4615, 4620, 4621, 4625 to 4627, 4630, 4650, 4655, 4659, 4660, 4662, 4670, 4671, 4673, 4674, 4676 to 4678, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4702, 4709, 4712, 4714 to 4720, 4722 to 4724, 4727, 4730, 4733, 4735, 4736, 4741, 4800, 4804 to 4812, 4814 to 4816, 4818, 4819, 4822 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895

South Australia

0872, 5157, 5172, 5201, 5210 to 5214, 5236 to 5238, 5253 to 5256, 5259 to 5261, 5264 to 5267, 5301, 5302, 5304, 5306 to 5311, 5321, 5322, 5330 to 5333, 5340 to 5346, 5354, 5357

Tasmania

All areas.

Victoria

2640, 2641, 3000, 3002 to 3004, 3006, 3008, 3011, 3013, 3019, 3024, 3029, 3031, 3032, 3034, 3039 to 3041, 3051 to 3054, 3065 to 3067, 3089 to 3091, 3096, 3097, 3099, 3101 to 3104, 3116, 3121 to 3133, 3135 to 3141, 3145 to 3156, 3158 to 3163, 3165 to 3175, 3177 to 3180, 3183, 3185, 3187, 3189, 3190, 3192, 3194 to 3202, 3204, 3207, 3211 to 3227, 3243, 3249 to 3251, 3254, 3260, 3264 to 3272, 3277, 3280 to 3283, 3285, 3289, 3292 to 3294, 3300 to 3305, 3309 to 3312, 3314, 3315, 3317, 3321 to 3325, 3328 to 3334, 3335 to 3338, 3340 to 3342, 3345, 3350 to 3352, 3355 to 3358, 3360 to 3364, 3370, 3371, 3373 to 3375, 3377 to 3381, 3384, 3385, 3387, 3388, 3393, 3395, 3400, 3401, 3407, 3409, 3431 to 3435, 3437, 3438, 3440 to 3442, 3444, 3446 to 3448, 3450, 3451, 3453, 3458, 3460 to 3465, 3467 to 3469, 3472, 3475, 3477, 3478, 3480, 3482, 3483, 3485, 3488, 3489, 3491, 3494, 3496, 3498, 3500, 3501, 3505 to 3507, 3509, 3512, 3515 to 3518, 3520 to 3523, 3525, 3527, 3529 to 3531, 3533, 3537, 3540, 3542, 3544, 3546, 3549 to 3551, 3555 to 3559, 3561 to 3568, 3570 to 3573, 3575, 3576, 3579 to 3581, 3583 to 3586, 3588 to 3591, 3594 to 3597, 3599, 3607, 3608, 3610, 3612, 3614, 3616 to 3618, 3620 to 3624, 3629 to 3631, 3633 to 3641, 3644, 3646, 3647, 3649, 3658 to 3660, 3662 to 3666, 3669, 3670, 3672, 3673, 3675, 3677, 3678, 3682, 3683, 3685, 3687, 3688, 3690, 3691, 3695, 3697 to 3701, 3704, 3705, 3707 to 3709, 3711 to 3715, 3717 to 3720, 3722, 3723, 3725 to 3728, 3730, 3732, 3733, 3735, 3737 to 3741, 3744, 3746, 3747, 3749, 3754, 3756 to 3767, 3770, 3775, 3777 to 3779, 3799, 3781 to 3783, 3785 to 3789, 3791 to 3793, 3795 to 3797, 3802 to 3810, 3812 to 3816, 3818, 3820 to 3825, 3831 to 3833, 3835, 3840, 3842, 3844, 3847, 3850 to 3852, 3854, 3856 to 3860, 3862, 3864, 3865, 3869 to 3871, 3873 to 3875, 3878, 3880, 3882, 3885 to 3893, 3895, 3896, 3898, 3900, 3902 to 3904, 3909 to 3913, 3915, 3916, 3918 to 3920, 3922, 3923, 3925 to 3931, 3933, 3934, 3936 to 3946, 3950 to 3951, 3953 to 3954, 3956 to 3960, 3962, 3964 to 3967, 3971, 3975 to 3981, 3984, 3987, 3988, 3990 to 3992, 3995, 3996

Western Australia

0872, 6030 to 6038, 6055, 6063 to 6069, 6077 to 6079, 6083, 6090, 6227 to 6230, 6232, 6233, 6236, 6254, 6275, 6280 to 6282, 6284 to 6286, 6288, 6290, 6302, 6304, 6306, 6336, 6337, 6346, 6385, 6429 to 6434, 6436 to 6438, 6440, 6442, 6443, 6450, 6528, 6532, 6535, 6536, 6623, 6628, 6630 to 6632, 6635, 6639, 6640, 6642, 6646, 6701, 6705, 6710, 6712 to 6714, 6718, 6720 to 6722, 6725, 6726, 6728, 6740, 6743, 6753, 6758, 6760, 6762, 6765, 6770