Subclass 417 is a temporary Working Holiday visa for eligible passport holders within their country’s age limit. First, second and third applications have different location, prior-visa and specified-work rules, including applicable exemptions. Apply individually; family cannot be included and dependent children cannot accompany the holder. Consult the dated fee and processing summaries and current official source.
Home Affairs: AUD 840.00 for the first Working Holiday visa (second and third visas AUD 1,000.00).≈ $546
Home Affairs says the average processing time is expected to be around three months (page dated 9 December 2024). The processing tool (29 September 2026) shows 50% in 2 days and 90% in 58 days, and notes offshore applications may take about three months in some cases.
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Eligibility
(1)Age Requirement
MandatoryAt application, be at least 18 and meet the passport-specific upper age limit: 35, or 30 where the current instrument specifies the younger age. Check the current passport conditions, application stage and official submission time.
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Qualification
(1)Proof of Funds
MandatoryHave enough money for personal support during the working holiday and the fare to your intended overseas destination when leaving Australia. Meet this requirement both when applying and when the visa is decided.
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Preparation
(1)Health and Character
DocumentMandatoryYou must meet the health and character requirements set by the Australian government.
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Application
(2)Passport Eligibility
MandatoryUse the current subclass 417 eligible passport list and its nationality or passport-type conditions. Check the limited onshore exception where an eligible passport expired after entry; a valid eligible passport is required at decision. Eligibility for subclass 462 alone is insufficient.
Verified officialNo Dependent Children
MandatoryApply individually; family members cannot be included in a 417 application. Dependent children cannot accompany the holder during the stay. Having a child and being accompanied by that child are different; check the appropriate application procedure.
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Source citations
Migration Regulations — Working Holiday application age
Department of Home Affairs / Federal Register of Legislation
Schedule 1 item 1225 defines application-age rule and first versus later application location.
Subclass 417 arrangements — LIN 26/048 current passport and age rules
Department of Home Affairs / Federal Register of Legislation
Current eligible passports, nationality/type restrictions, country-specific younger ages and onshore expired-passport exception.
Migration Regulations 1994 C289 — AFP timing (485) and working-holiday funds (417)
Australian Government — Federal Register of Legislation
Selected clauses reviewed: 485.213(1)–(2) requires visa-lodgement evidence of an AFP-check application in the previous 12 months before application day, for the applicant and included persons aged 16+, except applicants meeting 485.232–485.235. 417.211(4)(b) requires sufficient personal-support and overseas-departure fare funds; 417.221(2)(a) maintains this at decision.
Migration Regulations1994 — skilled visa grant criteria
Department of Home Affairs / Federal Register of Legislation
Readfullstatutoryclauses189.222–224,190.212–216,491.211–217and491.612; suitable assessments and competent English are invitation criteria, actual scores must meet invitation and qualifying scores, nominations must remain effective, health applies to required family.191compliance and tax evidence are separate. LaterOct2studentreform does not alter these clauses. Initial graduate study windows, English evidence, AFP timing exception, insurance and regional branches; holiday passport, resources, children and public-interest criteria. Read with October student amendments, which leave these clauses unchanged. Full official C288 volume 2 retrieved. The later F2026L01347 instrument effective 2 October 2026 amends student application/visa provisions only; no changes to 482 or 186 reviewed clauses. Bounded statutory review, not case acceptance.
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