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88 days with a India passport

India passport holders use the Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462). For a second visa you need 3 months (88 calendar days) of specified subclass 462 work completed while holding your first Work and Holiday visa; for a third, 6 months (179 calendar days) of specified subclass 462 work completed while holding your second Work and Holiday visa.

Where specified work counts on a 462 Work and Holiday

The area rules depend on the kind of work:

Work categoryWhere it counts
Plant and animal cultivationNorthern Australia or Regional Australia
Fishing and pearlingNorthern Australia
Tree farming and fellingNorthern Australia
ConstructionNorthern Australia or Regional Australia
MiningDoes not count
Tourism and hospitalityNorthern Australia or Remote and Very Remote Australia or Additional tourism and hospitality postcode

A newer partner country, standard 462 rules

India is one of the newest Work and Holiday (462) partner countries, with first-visa places allocated through Home Affairs' pre-application ballot. For a second or third visa, Indian passport holders follow the standard specified subclass 462 work rules: 88 days (then 179 days) of eligible work, with farm work and construction counting in Northern or Regional Australia, fishing and forestry in Northern Australia only, and no mining category.

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General information only, based on rules last checked 12 August 2026 — not immigration advice.