Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)
Third Working Holiday visa

Third Working Holiday visa

This visa lets people 18 to 30 years old (or 35 years old for some countries) who currently hold, or who have held, a second Working Holiday visa, have a third working holiday in Australia.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​You must have a passport from an eligible country/jurisdiction

You can do any kind of work while you are here

You must have completed 6 months of specified subclass 417 work​

If you are in Australia, you must hold a substantive visa or your last substantive visa expired less than 28 days ago​

Stay

12 months

Cost

AUD650.00

Processing Time

For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application.

Your application may take longer to process than the times shown in the guide due to the number of Working Holiday visa applications we receive. Do not arrange travel to Australia before we tell you in writing that we have granted your visa.

With this visa, you can

  • do short-term work in Australia to help pay for your holiday
  • study for up to 4 months
  • travel to and from Australia as many times as you want

Work

You can do any kind of work on this visa.

Usually, you can only work for the same employer for 6 months.

Note: The 6-month work limitation resets when you are granted a third subclass 417 visa. This means you can work another 6 months for someone you worked for on your first and/or second subclass 417 visa.

If the main purpose of your stay is to work, consider a work visa.

Study

You can study for up to 4 months (17 weeks).

If the main purpose of your stay is to study, consider a Student visa.

How long you can stay

This depends on your circumstances when we grant the visa. Your grant notification will tell you how long you can stay in Australia and you can also use VEVO to check your visa details and conditions.

You are in Australia on your second subclass 417 visa or a bridging visa

The bridging visa must be the one you were granted after your second subclass 417 visa expired.

You can stay in Australia for up to 12 months from the date your second Working Holiday (subclass 417) visa expired or would have expired.

Time spent outside Australia after your third visa starts does not extend the visa.

You are in Australia on a different visa

You can stay in Australia for 12 months from the date we grant the visa.

Time spent outside Australia after your second visa starts does not extend the visa.

You are outside Australia

You can stay in Australia for 12 months from the date you enter Australia.

You must enter Australia within 12 months of the date we grant the visa. We will not extend or defer this timeframe.

Your Working Holiday visa starts on the date you enter or transit through Australia even if you hold any other temporary visa including:

  • a Special Purpose visa (SPV)
  • an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA)
  • a Crew Travel Authority (CTA)
  • a Maritime Crew visa (MCV)

It is important that you only apply for a Working Holiday visa once you are ready to enter Australia on that visa. Once we grant your Working Holiday visa and you travel to Australia and are immigration cleared at the border, the 12-month visa period of stay will automatically start upon entry, regardless of the purpose of your visit.

Stay longer

You can’t:

  • stay in Australia longer by extending this visa
  • get a fourth Working Holiday visa if you have already held 3 Working Holiday visas in Australia

To stay longer in Australia, explore your visa options.

Stay longer on a visitor visa

Generally, we don’t grant a visitor visa after you have been in Australia on a Working Holiday visa.

If you want to apply for a Visitor visa to stay longer in Australia and the Visitor visa would result in you staying longer than 12 consecutive months in Australia, you must show there are exceptional circumstances.

For this visa, exceptional circumstances might be that a close family member in Australia has died or is seriously ill and you are required to stay in Australia to provide assistance or support.

Include family

You can’t include family members in your application.

You can’t be accompanied by dependent children while you are in Australia on this visa.

Cost

AUD650.00

You might also have to pay for health checks, police certificates and biometrics.