Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ)

(1) Form: The approved form specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).

(2) Visa application charge:

(a) the base application charge (payable at the time the application is made) is:

(i) for an applicant in a class of persons specified in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this subparagraph under subregulation 2.07(5)—nil; or

(ii) in any other case—$670; and

(b) the second instalment (payable before grant of visa) is nil. Note: Regulation 2.12C explains the components of the first instalment of visa application charge and specifies the amounts of subsequent temporary application charge and non-Internet application charge. Not all of the components may apply to a particular application. Additional applicant charge is paid by an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of another applicant and seeks to combine the application with that applicant’s application.

(3) An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified in relation to a class of persons that includes the applicant by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).

(3A) If the applicant is not, and has not previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa other than an offshore COVID-19 affected visa, the applicant:

(a) is outside Australia; and

(b) holds a working holiday eligible passport.

(3B) If the applicant is, or has previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa other than an offshore COVID-19 affected visa:

(a) the applicant may be in or outside Australia, but not in immigration clearance; and

(c) if, disregarding any COVID-19 affected visa, the applicant has held only one Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa in Australia—the application must be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant that he or she has carried out specified Subclass 417 work for a total period of at least 3 months as the holder of that visa; and

(ca) if, disregarding any COVID-19 affected visa, the applicant has held 2 Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visas in Australia—the application must be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant that:

(i) the applicant has carried out specified Subclass 417 work for a total period of at least 6 months; and

(ii) all of that work was carried out while the applicant held the second Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa or while the applicant held a bridging visa that was in effect and was granted on the basis of the application for the second Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa (made at a time when the applicant held the first Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa); and

(iii) all of that work was carried out on or after 1 July 2019; and

(d) disregarding any COVID-19 affected visa, the applicant has not held more than 2 Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visas in Australia (including any Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa held by the applicant at the time of application); and

(e) the applicant holds a working holiday eligible passport; and

(f) if the applicant is in Australia, the applicant must:

(i) hold a substantive visa; or

(ii) have held a substantive visa at any time in the period of 28 days immediately before making the application.

(3BA) Paragraphs (3B)(c) and (ca) do not apply if the applicant holds a passport of a kind specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this subitem.

(3BB) Paragraphs (3B)(c) and (ca) do not apply if:

(a) the application is made between 5 March 2022 and 31 December 2022; and

(b) the applicant holds or held an onshore COVID-19 affected visa; and

(c) the applicant has not been granted a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa on the basis of another application made on or after 5 March 2022.

(3BC) Paragraph (3B)(e) does not apply if:

(a) the applicant is in Australia; and

(b) when entering Australia, the applicant held a working holiday eligible passport; and

(c) the passport expired after the applicant entered Australia.

(3BD) Paragraph (3B)(f) does not apply if.

(a) the application is made between 5 March 2022 and 31 December 2022; and

(b) the applicant holds a bridging visa.

(3C) The applicant must not have previously been in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa.