Can bar work in the Outback count towards 2nd Year Visa?

by Micx
(Darwin)

I have only got a few months left in Australia to complete my first year - I absolutely love the place and have travelled from Sydney right around to Darwin were I have settled for almost 5 months. I don't feel like I got the true Oz exerience.

I would love the opportunity to do some hospitality/bar work anywhere in Oz to meet real people and wonder could it go towards my getting a 2nd year visa? Any help would be great!

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Can bar work in the Outback count towards 2nd Year Visa?

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Specified work for second year WHV
by: Birgit

Hi Micx,
I'm sorry, but outback bar or hospitality work does not count.

On my page about this particular work visa for Australia, towards the bottom, I gave a link to the government website. There you can find all the specifics about which regions and which kind of work qualifies.

Here's a quick list of work that does count:

plant and animal cultivation (e.g. fruit picking)

fishing and pearling

tree farming and felling

mining (with the recession Australian mining jobs are not as easy to come by as they used to)

construction

The work does not need to be paid (volunteer work like WWOOFing can count).

But it has to be listed as specified work. (Here is the full list on the government website.)

Trying to get 2nd year.
by: Sue

Hi I want to get my 2nd year working holiday and I am currenly working in the out back and have been for 3months and will be until the end of july.
I know I am in the right post code and have an ABN. Am I eligable?
Thanks
Sue

Work in outback? What work?
by: Birgit

I don't know Sue. A list of eligible work is above. I have no idea what work you are doing, so I can only suggest you read the information above, if needed follow the links I gave, and find out.

2 nd year visa
by: Anonymous

Hey
I am hoping to be able to get a 2nd year visa. I have limited time, so I was wondering if I have to finish the 3 month agriculture work a certain time frame before my original working visa expires, to be able to apply. I mean, they probably need some time to proceed my request or?

Best regards LM

2nd year visa application
by: Birgit

Good question. I had to look it up myself. What it says on the government site is:
"If you lodge your application in Australia, you must be in Australia to be granted your visa. You should apply before your current visa ceases."

There is no specified time frame for completing the work. Processing time for the second year visa is 21 days (also from the government site), so I'd apply no later than that, and obviously you want all your paper work together by then.

As you can see, all answers to any and all visa questions can always be found on the government site.

where to find jobs
by: Anonymous

Does anyone know any sites or places where they advertise these kind of jobs? Don't know how to go about finding work that will qualify me for a 2nd year visa. thanks