(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
(iia) if, disregarding any COVID‑19 affected visa, the applicant has held 2 Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visas in Australia—the application must be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant that:
(A) the applicant has carried out specified Subclass 462 work for a total period of at least 6 months; and
(B) all of that work was carried out while the applicant held the second Subclass 462 (Work and 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 462 (Work and Holiday) visa (made at a time when the applicant held the first Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa); and
(C) all of that work was carried out on or after 1 July 2019; and
(iii) disregarding any COVID‑19 affected visa, the applicant has not held more than 2 Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visas in Australia (including any Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa held by the applicant at the time of application); and
(iv) if the applicant is in Australia, the applicant must hold a substantive visa or have held a substantive visa at any time in the period of 28 days immediately before making the application.
(d) Subparagraphs (c)(ii) and (iia) 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 paragraph.
(e) Subparagraphs (c)(ii) and (iia) do not apply if:
(i) the application is made between 5 March 2022 and 31 December 2022; and
(ii) the applicant holds or held an onshore COVID‑19 affected visa; and
(iii) the applicant has not been granted a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa on the basis of another application made on or after 5 March 2022.
(f) Subparagraph (c)(iv) does not apply if:
(i) the application is made between 5 March 2022 and 31 December 2022; and
(ii) the applicant holds a bridging visa.
(3A) If:
(a) the applicant is not, and has not previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa; and
(b) the applicant holds a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this paragraph;
the requirements of the following table must be met.
Requirements for certain applicants
Item Requirements
1 The applicant is a selected participant for a visa pre‑application process (the relevant process) conducted under subsection 46C(1) of the Act in relation to:(a) a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa; and(b) the foreign country that issued the valid passport held by the applicant
2 At the time the applicant became a registered participant for the relevant process, the applicant held a valid passport issued by the foreign country to which the relevant process relates
3 The application is made on or before the date specified in the notice given to the applicant after becoming a selected participant for the relevant process as the date by which the applicant must make a valid visa application for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa
Note: A determination made under subsection 46C(14) of the Act determines rules that apply in relation to the conduct of the relevant process, including when a person is a registered participant, and a selected participant, for the relevant process. It also provides for the giving of the notice referred to in item 3 of the table.
(4) Subclasses:
462 (Work and Holiday)
1225 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.
(4) Subclasses:
417 (Working Holiday)
(5) In this item:
working holiday eligible passport means a valid passport held by a person who is a member of a class of persons specified in an instrument mentioned in subitem (3).
Note: Internet application is defined in regulation 1.03.
1227 Maritime Crew (Temporary) (Class ZM)
Note: This class of visa relates to a member of the crew of a non‑military ship. Those expressions are defined in regulation 1.03.
(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: Nil.
(3) Other:
(a) 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) Applicant must be outside Australia.
(c) Applicant is not the holder of a permanent visa.
(e) An applicant who seeks to satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of the visa must claim to be a member of the family unit of:
(i) the holder of a Maritime Crew (Temporary) (Class ZM) visa who has satisfied the primary criteria for the grant of the visa; or
(ii) an applicant who seeks to satisfy, or has satisfied, the primary criteria for the grant of the visa.
(4) Subclasses:
988 (Maritime Crew)
1228 Skilled (Provisional) (Class VF)
(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) first instalment (payable at the time the application is made):
First instalment
Item Component Amount
1 Base application charge $465
2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $230
3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $115
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.
(b) the second instalment (payable before grant of visa) is nil.
(3) Other:
(aa) An application must be made before 1 July 2024.
(a) 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).
(c) Applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 476 (Skilled—Recognised Graduate) visa must be less than 31.
(d) Application by a person claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, an application by that person.
(4) Subclasses:
Subclass 476 (Skilled—Recognised Graduate)
1229 Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC)
(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) first instalment (payable at the time the application is made):
(i) for:
(A) an applicant who is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Higher Education Work stream, holds a PHE visa and holds an eligible passport; or
(B) an applicant whose application is combined, or sought to be combined, with an application made by that person; or
(C) an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of a person who holds a PHE visa, if that person held a PHE visa immediately before the most recent grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa to that person and that person holds an eligible passport:
First instalment
Item Component Amount
1 Base application charge $905
2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $455
3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $230
(ii) for:
(A) an applicant who is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Higher Education Work stream, holds a PHE visa and does not hold an eligible passport; or
(B) an applicant whose application is combined, or sought to be combined, with an application made by that person; or
(C) an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of a person who holds a PHE visa, if that person held a PHE visa immediately before the most recent grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa to that person and that person does not hold an eligible passport:
First instalment
Item Component Amount
1 Base application charge $1 810
2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $910
3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $460
(iii) for:
(A) an applicant who is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa, holds an eligible passport and does not hold a PHE visa; or
(B) an applicant whose application is combined, or sought to be combined, with an application made by that person; or
(C) an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of a person who holds a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa and who did not, at the time of application, hold a PHE visa, and that person holds an eligible passport:
First instalment
Item Component Amount
1 Base application charge $2 300
2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $1 150
3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $580
(iv) for any other applicant:
First instalment
Item Component Amount
1 Base application charge $4 600
2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $2 300
3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $1 160
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.
(b) the second instalment (payable before grant of visa) is nil.
(3) Other:
(c) 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).
(f) The following applicants may be in or outside Australia when making their applications, but not in immigration clearance:
(i) an applicant claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who, having satisfied the primary criteria, holds a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa;
(iii) an applicant who is applying for a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Replacement stream or a Subclass 485 visa as a member of the family unit of an applicant for a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Replacement stream.
(g) An applicant to whom paragraph (f) does not apply must be in Australia, but not in immigration clearance, when making his or her application.
(h) An application by a person claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, an application by that person.
(j) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa must nominate only one stream to which the application relates.
(k) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Vocational Education Work stream must nominate a skilled occupation for the applicant that is specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph.
(l) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Higher Education Work stream must hold, or have held, a Student Temporary (Class TU) visa.
(la) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a subsequent Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Higher Education Work stream must:
(i) hold a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Study Work stream or the Post‑Higher Education Work stream; or
(ii) hold a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Replacement stream and have held a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Study Work stream.
(lb) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Replacement stream must meet the requirements of subitem (5).
(m) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa must meet the requirements of subitem (4).
(4) The following requirements must be met:
(a) one of the following subparagraphs must be satisfied by the applicant:
(i) the applicant holds an eligible student visa;
(ia) the applicant is outside Australia when the application is made and the applicant has held an eligible student visa;