EMC Australia

EMC Australia / Subclass 417

A year of travel and work — sometimes longer with specified regional work.

417 is for young people from Working Holiday partner countries. A second or third visa usually needs specified work in regional Australia. There are limits on how long you stay with one employer. This is not a skilled visa and not a partner visa.

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Who this page is for

  • You hold a passport from a 417 country and meet the age rules
  • You want a second or third 417 and need to know if the specified work counts

How it works

What this visa asks of you

These are the parts of this visa, in the order they usually matter.

  • First visa

    Usually from outside Australia

    First 417

    Age, nationality, funds, health and character. You have not already held a 417 in a way that blocks another.

    This is not a 462. The country lists are different.

  • Second / third

    Regional Australia, as defined

    Specified work for a further visa

    The work has to be the specified kind, in the specified place, for the specified days.

    Payslips and ABN details matter. Cash jobs often do not count.

How EMC works

How we help

  1. 01

    Does the work count

    We check the current specified-work instrument, not a hostel noticeboard.

  2. 02

    After 417

    If the next visa is partner, student or skilled, start that file while you still hold 417.

First conversation

What to bring

  • Passport and date of birth
  • Any previous 417 or 462
  • If applying for a further visa: the specified-work evidence

Before you apply

Things that go wrong

  • Employer-time limits are real.
  • Specified work is defined. Farm work that is not specified work will not save a second visa.
  • 417 is not extra skilled-migration points by itself.

Questions

People ask this first

  • Country lists, and some extra requirements on 462 (education, sometimes a ballot). Both let you work. Specified work for a further year is not identical.

Start with your situation.

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This page is general information, not advice about your circumstances. Australian migration law changes. You should consult a Registered Migration Agent before you apply. EMC Australia is OMARA-registered (MARN 1800335).