How to apply for a second Australian Working Holiday Visa in 2012

Since 2005 Australia made it is possible for Working Holiday Makers to apply for a second visa. There is however one very important requirement. People who want to become a second visa must prove that they did a “specified work” in an “eligible regional Australian area” for a minimum of 3 months.

How is “specified work” defined and what kind of activities it includes? Prospective working holiday makers can check this on the Australian department of immigration and citizenship website. The list of specified work for a Second Working Holiday Visa originally consisted of only agricultural types of work, but it was later expanded The current list has five main categories of work.

Here is the current list with the approved categories for year 2012:

• plant and animal cultivation
• fishing and pearling
• tree farming and felling
• mining
• construction

People, who want to apply for a second visa can use as a proof the so- called Form 1263 (Working Holiday visa: Employment verification). It is crucial that all of the provided data is correct. It is a common procedure that Australian immigration authorities contact third parties in order to check the veracity of the information in the application documents for a second Working Holiday Visa.

Another important requirement for prospective working holiday makers is that they need to have done work in an eligible regional area. According to latest regional postcode list published by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship eligible areas are the following:

State/Territory	Postcode
Australian Capital Territory	The Australian Capital Territory is not classified as part of regional Australia.
New South Wales	2311 to 23122328 to 24112420 to 24902536 to 25512575 to 2594 2618 to 2739 2787 to 2898 Note: Excludes Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong.
Northern Territory	All of Northern Territory is classified as part of regional Australia.
Queensland	4124 to 4125413342114270 to 427242754280 4285 4287 4307 to 4499 4510 4512 4515 to 4519 4522 to 4899 Note: Excludes the Greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast
South Australia	All of South Australia is classified as part of regional Australia.
Tasmania	All of Tasmania is classified as part of regional Australia.
Victoria	31393211 to 33343340 to 34243430 to 36493658 to 37493753 3756 3758 3762 3764 3778 to 3781 3783 3797 3799 3810 to 3909 3921 to 3925 3945 to 3974 3979 3981 to 3996 Note: Excludes Melbourne metropolitan area.
Western Australia	6041 to 60446083 to 60846121 to 61266200 to 6799Note: Excludes Perth and surrounding areas.

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