Schedule 2 criteria expressly assigned to the application stage.
Passport requirements
Item
Requirement
Government support or arrangement class
Some first-time applicants need a government-support letter; others use a ministerial-class pathway tied to the passport country
[cl 462.213]
English requirements
Stream
Requirement
Primary applicant
A first-time applicant must have at least functional English; this criterion does not apply to the repeat-applicant route under cl 462.211B.
[cl 462.215][cl 462.211B]
Family members
Item
Requirement
Dependent children
The applicant must not be accompanied by dependent children unless they fall within a current instrument-based exception
[cl 462.217]
No secondary applicants
Family members cannot be included in this application.
[Home Affairs · include family]
Work and study rights
Item
Requirement
Main purpose
Applicant must genuinely seek a working holiday, with the principal purpose of holidaying in Australia
[cl 462.217(a)][cl 462.221(a)]
Funds
Applicant must have money for onward travel and personal support during the working holiday
[cl 462.217(b)][cl 462.221(a)]
Specified-work criteria
Item
Requirement
Second 462 criteria
At application, at least 3 months of paid specified 462 work after 18 November 2016 must have been completed on the first visa, unless an exception applies.
[cl 462.218(1)][cl 462.211B(2)]
Third 462 criteria
At application, at least 6 months of paid specified work must have been completed on or after 1 July 2019 while holding the second 462 or its linked bridging visa, unless an exception applies.
[cl 462.219(1)][cl 462.211B(2)]