# Migration (Arrangements for Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) Visa) Instrument 2026 > F2026L00883 — as made — Status: InForce — Made/registered 2026-06-30 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026L00883/latest/text > _As-made (original) text, reproduced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au) under CC BY 4.0. For amended instruments the current compilation may differ; confirm against the official source._ Migration (Arrangements for Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) Visa) Instrument 2026 I, Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following instrument. Dated  29 June 2026 Tony Burke Minister for Home Affairs Contents 1  Name...................................................1 2  Commencement............................................1 3  Authority................................................1 4  Schedules................................................1 5  Definitions...............................................1 6  Form, place and manner for making a Work and Holiday visa application..........1 7  Passport and age arrangements for Work and Holiday visas...................2 8  Class of persons exempt from evidence of support for the grant of the visa..........2 9  Educational qualifications.......................................3 Schedule 1—Countries, age and educational qualifications 4 Schedule 2—Repeals 7 Migration (Arrangements for Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 21/019) 2021 7 1  Name   This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) Visa) Instrument 2026. 2  Commencement   This instrument commences immediately after the commencement of the Migration Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Age Criteria) Regulations 2026. 3  Authority   This instrument is made under the Migration Regulations 1994. 4  Schedules   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms. 5  Definitions   In this instrument: AEDST means Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time. AEST means Australian Eastern Standard Time. Internet application has the meaning given by regulation 1.03 of the Regulations. Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994. written notice means an email from the Department:  (a) notifying a person that they can make a visa application using an approved form that is specified in subsection 6(1) in a manner other than as an internet application; and  (b) including instructions about how to provide the form to the Department. 6  Form, place and manner for making a Work and Holiday visa application  (1) For the purposes of subitem 1224A(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the following approved forms are specified:  (a) Form 1208 (Internet);  (b) Form 1208.  (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the manner in which an application must be made is:  (a) using Form 1208 (Internet) as an internet application; or  (b) if a written notice has been given to the applicant:  (i) using Form 1208; and  (ii) attaching a copy of the written notice to the application; and  (iii) submitting the application and written notice by email to WHM.invited.applications@homeaffairs.gov.au within 7 calendar days after the day on which the written notice was sent, calculated by reference to AEST or AEDST as applicable on that day. 7  Passport and age arrangements for Work and Holiday visas  (1) 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 are specified.  (2) For the purposes of subparagraph 1224A(3)(aab)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the younger age (if any) is the age, expressed in years, specified in column 3 of an item of the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument, in relation to the foreign country specified in column 1 of the same table item. 8  Class of persons exempt from evidence of support for the grant of the visa   For the purposes of subparagraph 1224A(3)(b)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the specified class of persons is applicants who hold a valid passport issued by a foreign country mentioned in an item of the following table. Item Foreign country 1 Argentina 2 Austria 3 Brazil 4 Chile 5 China, People’s Republic of 6 Czech Republic 7 Hungary 8 India 9 Israel 10 Luxembourg 11 Papua New Guinea 12 Portugal 13 Singapore 14 Slovak Republic 15 Spain 16 Switzerland 17 United States of America 18 Uruguay 19 Vietnam Note: If an applicant falls within the class of persons specified in section 8, they are not required under subparagraph 1224A(3)(b)(iii) to provide evidence that they have government support for the grant of the visa. 9  Educational qualifications   For the purposes of paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the educational qualifications mentioned in column 2 of an item of the table in Schedule 1 are specified in relation to the foreign country mentioned in column 1 of the same table item. Note: Paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that if the visa applicant is not, and has not previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 462 visa (other than an offshore COVID‑19 affected visa), the applicant must be the holder of an educational qualification specified in an instrument in writing for the paragraph, in relation to the foreign country that issued the applicant’s passport. Under paragraph 462.221(a), this may be either the passport the applicant held when they applied for the visa, or a valid replacement passport issued by the same country. Schedule 1—Countries, age and educational qualifications Item Column 1 Country Column 2 Educational qualifications Column 3 Younger age 1 Argentina (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 2 Austria (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of higher education 30 3 Brazil (a) successful completion of at least 2 years of post-secondary study 30 4 Chile (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) satisfactory completion of, or approval to undertake, a third year of undergraduate university study 30 5 China, People’s Republic of (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 6 Czech Republic (a) successful completion of at least 2 years of tertiary education 30 7 Ecuador (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of higher education study 30 8 Greece (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 9 Hungary (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 10 India (a) successful completion of at least 2 years of post-secondary study 30 11 Indonesia (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 12 Israel (a) secondary school qualifications; and (b) completion of military service or a legal exemption from completing military service 30 13 Luxembourg (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 14 Malaysia (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 15 Mongolia (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 16 Papua New Guinea (a) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 17 Peru (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 18 Philippines, Republic of the (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate study or post-secondary education 30 19 Poland (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 20 Portugal (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 21 San Marino (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 22 Singapore (a) qualifications considered to be at tertiary level in Singapore; or (b) successful completion of the equivalent of 2 years full-time tertiary study 30 23 Slovak Republic (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 24 Slovenia (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 25 Spain (a) successful completion of at least 2 years higher education 30 26 Switzerland (a) successful completion of at least 2 years of study following compulsory schooling 30 27 Thailand (a) tertiary qualifications 30 28 Turkey (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 29 United States of America (a) secondary school qualifications 30 30 Uruguay (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 31 Vietnam (a) tertiary qualifications; or (b) successful completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate university study 30 Schedule 2—Repeals Migration (Arrangements for Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 21/019) 2021 1  The whole of the instrument Repeal the instrument.