All applicants are required to meet health criteria for holiday visas that allow working. In certain circumstances, you will be required to undergo formal health examinations.

A chest x-ray will be required for your working holiday visa if you:

are a resident of a country considered to be of a very high health risk in terms of tuberculosis (a list of countries is available in form 1163i),
have spent more than 3 consecutive months in the last 5 years in a country or countries considered to be of a very high health risk in terms of tuberculosis,
are likely to enter an Australian hospital or health care area (including nursing homes), or
are likely to be engaged in an Australian child care centre (including preschools or creches) as either an employee or trainee.
See: Form 1163i, Health requirement for temporary entry to Australia (PDF* file, 30kb)

A chest x-ray and a medical examination, including any specialist reports, will be required for your holiday visa for working if:

there is an indication you may not meet the health criteria, or
you are likely to work or study in a classroom environment for more than 4 weeks and hold a passport from a country considered to be of a very high health risk in terms of tuberculosis.
Additionally, you will need to undergo HIV/Hepatitis B testing if you intend to work in the health care industry.
Example: Doctors, dentists, nurses and dental hygienists.

The Working Holiday visa cannot be granted in Australia. All visa applications must be made overseas.

If you are a passport holder from one of the ten following foreign countries:

• United Kingdom
• Canada
• Netherlands
• Republic of Ireland
• Sweden
• Denmark
• Norway
• Finland
• Italy
• France

Then you are eligible to apply for a Working holiday visa in any country (except Australia).

Applicants who hold a valid passport from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malta, Germany, or the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Cyprus, must apply for a holiday visa for working in the foreign country which issues the passport.

Australia only has agreements for working holiday visas for the countries listed above, if you do NOT hold a passport for a listed country then please apply via our emigration application form.

Only applicants who hold passports from arrangement countries who are aged between 18 and 30 years and without dependent children are eligible to apply for a Working Holiday visa.

Australia has reciprocal working holiday visa arrangements with sixteen countries - the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malta, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Cyprus, Italy and France.

An Australia working holiday visa will give you permission to travel in Australia for 12 months, you can supplement your travel funds by doing temporary work (maximum duration of 3 months per job).

From the Australia governing body website:

"The working holiday visa (WHV) program aims to promote international understanding, through helping young people experience the culture of another country. It provides opportunities for resourceful, self-reliant and adaptable young people to holiday with a visa in Australia and to supplement their funds through incidental working."