https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/Plain-English answers about the 88 and 179 days for Working Holiday visas.en-au https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/do-weekends-count-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/do-weekends-count-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTYes. The 88 days are calendar days, weekends included, as long as you work a normal full week for that job. If you work fewer days or hours than a full-timer, your weekends count in proportion, so it takes longer than 88 calendar days. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/how-to-apply-second-year-visa/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/how-to-apply-second-year-visa/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTYou apply online in ImmiAccount once your specified work is done (88 days for a second visa, 179 for a third). As listed by Home Affairs in October 2026, the visa costs AUD 1,000 and takes about three months on average. You can apply in or outside Australia. If you apply in Australia, you usually get a bridging visa while you wait. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/how-many-payslips-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/how-many-payslips-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThere's no set number. Home Affairs says your proof must cover all the periods you worked, so you need a payslip for every pay period you're claiming. For 88 days that's usually about 13 weekly payslips or 7 fortnightly ones; for 179 days about 26 weekly or 13 fortnightly. Bank statements showing each pay are strong support. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/casual-part-time-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/casual-part-time-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCasual work counts. What matters is how much you worked compared with a full-timer in the same job, not your contract type. The simple way to count it from payslips: 38 hours is a normal full week and counts as 7 days, so fewer hours count less and it takes longer to reach 88 days. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/how-many-hours-is-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/how-many-hours-is-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHome Affairs doesn't set an hours rule: it counts days or shifts compared with a full-timer in your job. In practice, 38 hours is a normal full week in Australia and counts as 7 days, so 88 days is about 478 hours of work (179 days is about 972 hours), spread over at least 88 calendar days. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/harvest-calendar-australia/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/harvest-calendar-australia/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThere's harvest work somewhere in Australia all year. Winter (June to October) is strawberry and vegetable season in Queensland and citrus season in the south. Summer (November to March) brings cherries, mangoes, stone fruit and table grapes. Apples and pears run from January to May, and bananas are picked year-round in Far North Queensland. Seasons move with the weather by a few weeks each year. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/best-time-to-go-australia-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/best-time-to-go-australia-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn KAYAK's fare data, November is the cheapest month to fly to Australia from Europe, the UK and Asia, and February from the US; July and the Christmas period are among the most expensive. November also lines up with the start of summer fruit picking. Arriving around April–May lines up with Queensland's winter harvest and the northern dry season, when tourism and hospitality work peaks. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/find-88-days-work/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/find-88-days-work/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLook on job boards, the Workforce Australia job search, labour-hire companies and directly with growers, and ask in working hostels. Before you accept, check two things: that the job's postcode and type of work count for your visa, and that you'll be paid properly with payslips. The government's Harvest Trail service closed in 2024, so don't rely on its old phone line or guides. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/mining-fifo-shutdowns-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/mining-fifo-shutdowns-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTYes, on a 417 visa, in a listed regional postcode. Mining includes mining support services and cleaning, not just operators. It doesn't count on a 462 visa. Counted from payslips, 84 hours (7 × 12-hour shifts) covers a full fortnight, and a month can count at most the days it has. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/hospitality-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/hospitality-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTYes, but only in Northern Australia, Remote and Very Remote Australia, and four extra postcodes (4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215), for work done from 22 June 2021. Cafés, bars, hotels, hostels and tour jobs there count on both the 417 and 462 visa. Hospitality in most other places, including the big cities, doesn't. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/farm-work-pay-piece-rates/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/farm-work-pay-piece-rates/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFarm and horticulture work is covered by the Horticulture Award. From 1 July 2026 the minimum for an adult casual at level 1 is $32.18 an hour ($25.74 plus the 25% casual loading). Pieceworkers must get at least that minimum for every hour worked each day, and piece rates must let an average competent picker earn 15% more than it. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/working-holiday-tax-australia/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/working-holiday-tax-australia/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWorking holiday makers (417 and 462 visas) pay 15% on taxable income up to $45,000, then 30% up to $135,000, under the ATO's 2025–26 rates. There's no tax-free threshold. When you leave, you can claim your super back as a Departing Australia Superannuation Payment, but working holiday makers pay 65% tax on it. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/why-88-day-calculators-give-different-answers/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/why-88-day-calculators-give-different-answers/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBecause each one uses its own hours rule (30, 35 or 38 hours, or hourly bands), and none of those rules are in the Home Affairs text. For the same 13 weeks of 36-hour casual work, popular calculators give anything from about 52 to 91 days. The official test is the normal days or shifts of a full-timer in that job, so the safest way to count is against a full 38-hour week, and to show your working. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/working-holiday-ballot-2026/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/working-holiday-ballot-2026/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNot yet. On 17 September 2026 the Government announced ballots for second-year (45,000 places) and third-year (5,000 places) Working Holiday visas, with the 88 and 179 days still needed to enter. As of 21 October 2026 we found no law, instrument or start date, so the current rules still apply. Keep doing and documenting your specified work. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/evidence-for-88-days-payslips/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/evidence-for-88-days-payslips/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHome Affairs lists payslips, Australian bank statements for the same period, piece rate agreements, payment summaries, tax returns and employer references. The proof must cover every period you worked. Payslips that match your bank deposits are the backbone; a letter naming the work site and postcode helps when payslips show a city office. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/public-holidays-sick-days-rain-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/public-holidays-sick-days-rain-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPaid public holidays and paid sick days (or workers compensation leave) count as days of specified work. Unpaid days don't, including days lost to rain, heat or other weather. If you lose days, you have to make them up with extra work. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/417-vs-462-specified-work/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/417-vs-462-specified-work/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBoth visas count farm work, construction, tourism and hospitality (in the north and remote areas) and bushfire and disaster recovery. The 417 also counts mining, plus fishing and tree farming across regional Australia. On a 462, mining doesn't count, and fishing and tree farming count only in Northern Australia. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/179-days-third-year-visa/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/179-days-third-year-visa/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFor a third Working Holiday visa you need 6 months of specified work, which Home Affairs takes as at least 179 calendar days. It must be done while you held your second Working Holiday visa (or an eligible bridging visa), on or after 1 July 2019. The days are counted exactly like the 88 days: weekends included, compared with a full-timer in that job. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/two-jobs-at-once-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/two-jobs-at-once-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHours from two specified-work jobs in the same week add up, so two part-time jobs can make a full week. But one calendar day never counts as more than one day, even across two employers. Both jobs must be in listed postcodes doing listed work for your visa. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/volunteering-wwoof-88-days/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/volunteering-wwoof-88-days/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGenerally no. Specified work must be paid in line with Australian law and awards, so unpaid farm stays and WWOOFing don't count. The one exception is volunteer bushfire recovery and natural disaster (flood, cyclone, storm) recovery work in declared areas, where each day you volunteered counts as one day. https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/uk-passport-specified-work/https://aussiedays.com/en/blog/uk-passport-specified-work/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNo. Since 1 July 2024, UK passport holders can get a second and third Working Holiday (417) visa without doing any specified work, if they apply using their UK passport on or after that date. The usual age limit (18 to 35 inclusive) and the 6-month limit per employer still apply.