Nil VAC Concession for COVID-19-Affected Working Holiday Makers (LIN 21/043)
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
Introduces a nil Visa Application Charge (VAC) concession for applicants for a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa or Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa whose last held visa is a COVID-19 affected visa, provided they have not made a prior unfinalised or refused application for another visa of the same subclass with a nil VAC amount.
Official source excerpt
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This section specifies a class of persons for whom the VAC amount is nil. … an applicant for a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa is in the class of persons mentioned in subsection (1) if both of the following apply: (a) the applicant’s last held visa is a COVID-19 affected visa … the applicant has not made an application, for another Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa for which the VAC amount was nil, that: (i) is not finalised; or (ii) has been refused. … For subregulation 2.07(5) and subparagraph 1224A(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, an applicant for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa is in the class of persons mentioned in subsection (1) if both of the following apply: (a) the applicant’s last held visa is a COVID-19 affected visa; (b) the applicant has not made an application, for another Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa for which the VAC amount was nil, that: (i) is not finalised; or (ii) has been refused.
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- 2021-05-25Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021 (Act No. 35, 2021)
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- 2021-07-28Exclusion of Non-Compliant Employers from Working Holiday Maker Extensions
- 2021-07-30Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Parent Visas) Regulations 2021 (F2021L01029)
- 2021-09-15Prospective Marriage Visa Automatic Validity Extension