If you’re from the USA, you may be happy to know that if you’re granted a working holiday visa for Australia, you will soon have 12 months to enter Australia instead of three.
The legislative changes, which Working Holiday Australia confirmed with Department of Immigration officials today, will give American and other Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462) applicants one year to enter Australia after their visa application is approved. The changes will take effect for visa applications approved on or after July 1.
The changes only affect those applying for the Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462), which is for the following countries: USA, Chile, Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey.
According to the legislation, “this change will “provide subclass 462 visa holders with extra time to arrange their affairs before travelling to Australia.”
Those applying for the similar Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417), which includes those in the UK and Canada, already have one year to enter the country after they are granted a visa.
See this previous post for the differences between the two similar working holiday visas for Australia.
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