Are you visiting Australia? You will normally need to apply for a tourist visa to visit Australia for your holiday. Australia tourist visa is valid for three months, six months or twelve months.

You can also apply for a tourist visa to meet your family member and friends in Australia. Australia tourist visas are designed for people visiting Australia for recreation, sightseeing or meeting family and friends in Australia, therefore work is not permitted. However you are permitted to study for less than three months if you would like to study while you are in Australia.

If you would like to work during your holiday in Australia, Australia Working Holiday visa or Australia Work and Holiday visa is for you. In order to apply for Australia Working Holiday visa or Australia Work and Holiday visa, you will need to be 18 to 30 years old. You will also need to be tertiary educated for Australia Work and Holiday visa. Those visas allow you to work in Australia and study up to 4 months. Those visas are valid for 12 months.

If you are holders of Australia Working Holiday visa, you can work up to 6 months with each employer in Australia. You are also eligible to apply for a second Australia Working Holiday visa if you have completed the specified work in regional Australia for three months while you hold your first Australia Working Holiday visa as long as you can satisfy other Australia Working Holiday visa criteria.