Subclass 462
Source-backed routeUS second 462 Work and Holiday pathway
Check the second subclass 462 route for United States passport holders with one prior entered 462 and the 3-month specified-work test, defined as at least 88 calendar days under the Home Affairs counting rules.
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United States route facts
Source-backed routeSecond subclass 462 Work and Holiday
US second-462 users need prior subclass 462 history, prior entry, and specified subclass 462 work evidence.
- A second US 462 keeps the 18 to 30 age range and requires one prior entered subclass 462.
- The specified-work test is 3 months, defined as at least 88 calendar days under the subclass 462 counting, work, and area rules.
- The 462 specified-work source has its own industry and area rules, including tourism and hospitality in Northern or Remote and Very Remote Australia, plant and animal cultivation, fishing and pearling, tree farming and felling, construction, bushfire recovery, natural-disaster recovery, and critical COVID-19 healthcare or medical work.
- Specified subclass 462 work generally must be paid correctly under Australian legislation and awards; only eligible bushfire or natural-disaster recovery work can be voluntary.
- There are no annual country caps for second or third Work and Holiday subclass 462 visas.
Guardrails
- Do not reuse subclass 417 specified-work area or industry examples without a 462-specific source pass.
- Do not skip prior-entry and prior-subclass checks.
Route summary
What this page checks
- Second 462 for United States passport holders aged 18 to 30 with one prior entered 462 and the 3-month subclass 462 specified-work test.
- A$1,000 second application fee (FY 2026-27)
- Usually a weeks-scale online application once the three-month specified-work evidence and other requirements are ready.
Legal basis
Where these rules come from
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Cost and time
- Fee
- A$1,000Second application fee, FY 2026-27
- Timing
- WeeksOnce passport, prior 462 entry, specified-work records, funds, and character answers are ready.
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Legal scope
General information, not migration advice. Paper Trail Visas organises information, reminders, document notes and preparation tasks. It is software and general education under s.276 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), not migration advice. For advice about a specific application (refusal history, health conditions, character disclosures, unusual work history), speak with a MARA-registered migration agent or an Australian legal practitioner with an unrestricted practising certificate.