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Australia and Portugal sign Work and Holiday visa arrangement

On 25 September 2014, Australia and Portugal signed a reciprocal Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa arrangement. When brought into effect, this will enable young adults from Portugal and Australia, aged 18–30 years, to travel to each other's country for one year and undertake short-term work and study. There will be 200 places available for each country per programme year. Applications for this visa are not yet open.

The Work and Holiday arrangement will not come in to effect until a start date has been agreed by both countries - this can take some time, up to several months, for the necessary legal and administrative processes to be completed. We will be working closely with our Portuguese counterparts to establish a mutually agreed start date for this arrangement as soon as possible.

Once the arrangement has commenced, eligible young adults from Portugal and Australia will be able to apply for this visa. The commencement date will be announced on the embassy website (www.portugal.embassy.gov.au) and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection website (www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/462.aspx).

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HE Paulo Cunha Alves, Ambassador of Portugal and Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (David Foote/DPS Auspic)