When assessing a working holiday application, decision makers are required to ensure that the principal purpose of the visit is to holiday in Australia, with working being incidental to that holiday. Those criteria indicate that young people aged 18 to 30 from countries with which Australia has working holiday arrangements are the primary target of the program.
Age is one of the main criteria.
Or, from a non-agreement country, have turned 18 but not 26, and can demonstrate that their entry would be of benefit to Australia and themselves. For those applicants who must demonstrate that the grant of a working holiday visa would be of benefit to Australia and themselves , the decision makers will consider whether the applicant s personal qualities are likely to lead to an enhanced understanding on the part of both the applicant and local residents of each other s respective cultures. And, whether an Australian has a reciprocal opportunity to gain benefits from a stay in an overseas country. Such special circumstances could include the applicant s potential to promote Australia s interests or the fact that the applicant had to delay applying for a working holiday visa because of compulsory national service commitments. The latter is regarded as distinct from a delay in applying for a visa due merely to career considerations.