Where to work for a second or third year WHM visa

To be eligible to apply for a second or third Working Holiday (subclass 417) or Work & Holiday (subclass 462) visa, you must have already completed a prescribed minimum period of ‘specified work’. 

This information applies equally to both 417 and 462 visas so the collective term ‘Working Holiday Maker’ (WHM) visas will be used.

‘Specified work’ in horticulture means that you will be involved in harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops, pruning and trimming vines and trees, general maintenance work or cultivating and propagating plants.

To be eligible for a second WHM visa, you must have carried out at least three months of specified work – that is, a minimum period of 88 calendar days.

To be eligible for a third WHM visa, you must have carried out at least six months of specified work – that is, a minimum period of 179 calendar days.

You should also ensure that the work you plan to do not only meets the definition of specified work but that the work will take place in an eligible postcode of regional Australia.

Specified work carried out in the following areas of regional Australia is eligible specified work for the purpose of a second or third WHM visa.

There are no restrictions to location in the following states and territories:

Northern Territory

South Australia

Tasmania

Norfolk Island

Restrictions apply in the ACT, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland

1. All of the Australian Capital Territory

2. New South Wales – the following postcodes cover eligible areas:

2311 to 2312
2328 to 2411
2420 to 2490
2536 to 2551
2575 to 2594
2618 to 2739
2787 to 2898

NOTE:  Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong and surrounding areas are not eligible

(The orange shading on the map below are the regions not eligible and include some harvest areas where fruit and vegetables are grown)

3. Queensland – the following postcodes cover eligible areas:

4124 to 4125
4133
4211
4270 to 4272
4275
4280
4285
4287
4307 to 4499
4510
4512
4515 to 4519
4522 to 4899

NOTE: Greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast are not eligible

(The orange shading on the map below are the regions not eligible and include some harvest areas where fruit and vegetables are grown)

4. Victoria – the following postcodes cover eligible areas:

3139
3211 to 3334
3340 to 3424
3430 to 3649
3658 to 3749
3753
3756
3758
3762
3764
3778 to 3781
3783
3797
3799
3810 to 3909
3921 to 3925
3945 to 3974
3979
3981 to 3996

NOTE: Melbourne metropolitan area is not eligible

(The orange shading on the map below are the regions not eligible and include some harvest areas where fruit and vegetables are grown)

5. Western Australia – the following postcodes cover eligible areas:

6041 to 6044
6055 to 6056
6069
6076
6083 to 6084
6111
6121 to 6126
6200 to 6799
NOTE:  Perth and surrounding areas are not eligible

(The orange shading on the map below are the regions not eligible and include some harvest areas where fruit and vegetables are grown)