1224AWork and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US)

1224A  Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US)

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

 (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—$650; and

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.

 (a) Applicant must hold a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified in an instrument in writing for this paragraph.

 (aaa) Paragraph (a) does not apply if:

 (i) the applicant is in Australia; and

 (ii) when entering Australia, the applicant held a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified in an instrument in writing made under paragraph (a); and

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

 (aa) An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).

 (b) If the applicant is not, and has not previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa other than an offshore COVID‑19 affected visa, the applicant must:

 (i) be outside Australia; and

 (ii) not have previously been in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa; and

 (iii) unless the applicant is a member of a class of persons specified by the Minister, by an instrument in writing, for this subparagraph—provide evidence that the applicant has the support for the grant of the visa from the government of the foreign country mentioned in paragraph (a).

 (c) If the applicant is, or has previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa other than an offshore COVID‑19 affected visa:

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

 (ii) if, disregarding any COVID‑19 affected visa, the applicant has held only one Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa in Australia—the application must be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant that he or she has carried out specified Subclass 462 work for a total period of at least 3 months as the holder of that visa; and