This video is going to be talking about everything you need to know about Australian Holiday Working
Visas i spent six months in Australia working and i had an amazing time but the process
to actually get a visa and get to australia and find a job can be a little bit difficult because
there's so many steps you need to take so this is going to run through everything you need to do
before you go to australia and then once you're in australia everything you need to like
sort out so let's start with visas because that's the first thing you need before you even go
into australia and that is the holiday working visa you can apply for it online
on a website and i'll put it down below it's really easy you just fill out the form
but there's certain criteria you have to fit and i'll put them all on the screen so you can see
but i'll just run through them i've got them on my screen here so you have to be 18 to 31 years
old if you apply for it and you obviously can have no children you can't be pregnant
you can have no criminal records so any thieves out there this ain't for you
i'm sorry um you need a valid passport so just get a new passport if it's going to run out soonish um
you must be outside the country when you apply for it so if you're traveling in australia and
you suddenly want to work you can't actually apply for a visa to work um you can only apply once so
make sure you really want to do it because if you apply and then you don't actually end up going
this can you can't get another one you actually must need 5000 australian dollars when you enter
the country so that you can support yourself before you find a job so that's really important
and you need a flight home or like the funds for a flight home i would recommend
getting the visa three months in advance so you've got plenty of time it should only take four weeks
but sometimes there can be delays so just give yourself three three months to like sort it all
out and then you'll you won't be stressed or anything and it will come in plenty of time
the actual visa costs 485 us us no 485 australian dollars but if you actually apply for it and you
don't get it then you won't get that money back some important things that you need to
do before you even set foot in australia one of them is make sure your phone is unlocked if your
phone is locked with a provider then you won't be able to get a sim card when you get to australia
i personally use vodafone and it was fine it is more it's more expensive than like a sim card in
this country in england but um you need you need that especially if you're finding a job it's you
need to have a number and you need data before you leave make sure you've got an up-to-date cv with
everything you're doing and just so you can easily like apply for jobs once you get there and also
make sure you let your bank know that you're going to australia so they don't like cancel
all your cards and so you can't like access any money that's probably quite important i also get
asked should i use a backpack or a suitcase and i would always recommend getting a backpack because
if you suddenly want to go somewhere else or like travel around southeast asia after your holiday
working visa in australia then you don't want to have to be lugging around a suitcase around
beaches and islands and stuff so just take a backpack it's so easy and yeah just it's
a no-brainer for me just take just take a backpack just take one travel insurance is really important
before you leave so they cover like delays on your flights your laptop maybe your camera your
healthcare just get travel insurance it's so important that you're covered and then
you won't be stressed another thing if you want a cheap flight to australia is make sure you've
got flexible dates if you've got flexible dates then you can just look on skyscanner
and put every date in and see which one's the cheapest so that you can save money you could
probably save 100 or 200 aussie dollars so just i do recommend having flexible dates so that
you're not restricted and have to go for the most expensive flight okay so once you're actually in
australia there's two things you really need to do the first one is your tax file number you can only
get a tax file number once you're in australia so as soon as you get there if you're looking to work
day one day two like apply a line to the tax file number i'll put the link in the description below
and it's really easy you fill it out and then it comes within 30 days so you can't actually get a
job until you have your tax file number so it's really important to do that just as soon as you
get there so it's out the way the second thing you must do is to get an australian bank account
everyone i seem to talk to just seems to have like commonwealth banks so just get commonwealth bank
because everyone's doing it it's easy it's simple you can apply online or you can just
walk into one of the banks and they can do it all for you you just need your passport so just get
it done and then you can get paid for your job because how else are you gonna get paid if you
don't have australian bank account didn't think that did ya so let's talk about all the jobs
and different types of jobs you can get and how to actually find a job
so one of the obvious things is you can just go into places hand your cv in
ask people if there's jobs another one which they seem to use so much in australia is gumtree
whether you're finding accommodation finding jobs stuff for sale maybe an old bike for sale
they love gumtree in australia i've never used it in england but in australia i used it a lot for
a lot of different things so use gumtree to find jobs just be careful because some stuff on gumtree
isn't great but you know you know just be careful so one of the things i actually used to get a job
was using a job recruitment agency and it's free and they actually get paid for finding you a job
so go to them they will want to find your job because they get money for it so
use job recruitment agencies and make sure you get medicare card you can apply online and i'll
probably leave the link in the description you just apply for it and then you're all good your
your health is covered when you're in australia the other thing you can do is look in hostels for
jobs or actually work in hostels themselves so you can actually usually work in a hostel and you get
not paid but you get free accommodations sometimes you get free food maybe free wi-fi all that kind
of stuff so there could be a great way of saving money because accommodation is the most expensive
thing when living in australia also if you're working in a hostel you can make loads of new
friends and it's a really cool experience you can also do like roofing or volunteering where you
work on a farm and you get free accommodation free food so that can also be quite a good thing to do
another website you can use is backpack board there's loads of jobs on that website if you are
looking to work in a bar which is probably one of the most common jobs when in australia and working
in a bar or restaurant you need an rsa which is which is responsible um i've got it responsible
serving of alcohol and you need that to serve alcohol to work in a bar or a restaurant so make
sure you get that you you can normally just fill it out online and it's a certificate you get sent
there's actually a different rsa for each state so make sure whatever state you're in if you've moved
you you get the right one the other thing to bear in mind is when you're in australia you can only
work at one like place for six months so after six months you have to move on to another job
so if you're looking to stay for a year maybe you need two jobs but you can obviously move on
more if you want to so moving on to accommodation when working in australia for the first day or the
first few days book yourself a hostel before you get into the country just so you've got somewhere
to stay and you feel safe but after you've got a job you may be looking for somewhere more long
term and you kind of have two options you can either like live in a hostel full time like full
time seven days a week whatever you can work in hostel all the time and you can get discounts so
if it was like 20 pounds a night usually you if you're staying there and you commit to like
three months or something you could probably get it a lot cheaper ask about what rates they have
for cheap accommodation for long term and you probably get really good discounts
the other place you can stay is obviously like renting an apartment or flat sharing so
ways to find accommodation is flatmates.com and it's a great website where you can just find flat
people who want flatmates pretty simple it's in the name the other thing i i used to get
my apartment which i shared with someone was gumtree and gumtree is also a great website
for finding accommodation the other way of finding jobs and actually accommodation is facebook groups
there's so many different facebook groups for like sydney melbourne the whole of australia wa
western australia perth there are so many different facebook groups so go on them and you'll
often find people looking for flatmates or or like companies looking for jobs so use those facebook
groups because there's people who are similar to you doing similar things and they can also help
you answer your questions here's a quick guide to the best places to go at what time of the year so
the top half of australia you have the wet and dry season so obviously the best time to go is the dry
season to stay away from the rain the bottom half of australia has the regular four seasons so the
best time to go is in summer this is just a rough guide but during the dry season and the summer it
is going to be the busiest time of the year so there's going to be lots of backpackers and lots
of tourists in these areas so that is something to take into account so i also get asked about second
year holiday working visas and the third year holiday working visas which is a more
recent thing and for the second year in the first year you have to do three months farm work to
apply for the second year what the farm work is you have to do regional work in which you
get paid money um to work on a farm for three months this could be like fruit picking maybe
construction in a regional area but you must get paid for it and then they sign a form off and that
allows you to get a second year so finding farm work can be can be difficult because if you're
living in sydney and you want to find farm work obviously that's not the best place but again look
on facebook groups go to travel desks and like travel desks in hostels because they can actually
help you find a job even if you have to pay a bit of money it's safe way of getting a job and
making sure you get that second year visa and for the third year visa which is a more recent thing
is you must do six months farm work so it's the same kind of thing you need to do regional work
whether that's fruit picking etc etc so you must do that six month regional work to get that third
year holiday working visa the other thing is when you're doing farm work or regional work they often
are paid pretty well and the other thing is you often get your accommodation like sorted for
you and sometimes food so that is a great way of saving money so if you're looking to save money
that is the perfect way so even if you not looking for a second year if you want to save
up a lot of money maybe farm work is the way to go so doing regional and farm work can be quite
a lot of effort but it can be a great experience and you can meet loads and loads of people who are
doing like a rubbish job for a lot for like three months or six months just so they can stay for a
second year i didn't do it myself but i've met so many people who have and they said even though it
was a lot of effort the people you did it with it was made it like bearable and good fun and you do
save a lot of money as i've said so that is the end of video if you did find it helpful please
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