Subclass 462
Source-backed routeUS third 462 Work and Holiday pathway
Check the third subclass 462 route for United States passport holders with two prior entered 462 visas and the 6-month subclass 462 specified-work test, defined as at least 179 calendar days under the Home Affairs counting rules.
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United States route facts
Source-backed routeThird subclass 462 Work and Holiday
US third-462 users need two prior entered subclass 462 visas and specified subclass 462 work evidence from the second 462.
- A third US 462 keeps the 18 to 30 age range and requires two prior entered subclass 462 visas.
- The specified-work test is 6 months during the second 462, defined as at least 179 calendar days under the Home Affairs counting 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 collapse second- and third-year evidence into the same claim; the day counts differ.
- Do not reuse subclass 417 specified-work area or industry examples without a 462-specific source pass.
Route summary
What this page checks
- Third 462 for United States passport holders aged 18 to 30 with two prior entered 462 visas and the 6-month subclass 462 specified-work test during the second 462.
- A$1,000 third application fee (FY 2026-27)
- Usually a weeks-scale online application once the 179-day specified-work evidence is ready.
Legal basis
Where these rules come from
Every check above traces to an official source. These are the government pages and registration standards behind it. If one has changed, trust the source over us.
Cost and time
- Fee
- A$1,000Third application fee, FY 2026-27
- Timing
- WeeksOnce passport, two prior 462 entries, second-year 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.