How to apply for a 2nd or 3rd WHV to Australia (full guide)

Most of the non-eligible postcodes where you can’t work to qualify for a second or third Working Holiday Visa are in urban areas around Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. That leaves plenty of areas where you can find specified work in the required sectors (we will discuss that in the next chapter).

Here’s an overview:

• Anywhere except in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and the surrounding areas
• Plant and animal cultivation
• Fishing and pearling
• Tree farming and felling
• Mining
• Construction

And here are the eligible postcodes, by state (source):

New South Wales

2311 and 2312; 2328 to 2411; 2420 to 2490; 2536 to 2551; 2575 to 2594; 2618 to 2739; 2787 to 2899.

Excluding Sydney, Newcastle, Central Coast and Wollongong.

Victoria

3139; 3211 to 3334; 3340 to 3424; 3430 to 3649; 3658 to 3749; 3753, 3756, 3758, 3762, 3764; 3778 to 3781; 3783, 3797, 3799; 3810 to 3909; 3921 to 3925; 3945 to 3974; 3979; 3981 to 3996.

Excluding Melbourne metropolitan area.

Queensland

4124 to 4125; 4133, 4211; 4270 to 4272; 4275, 4280, 4285, 4287; 4307 to 4499; 4510, 4512; 4515 to 4519; 4522 to 4899.

Excluding the Greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast.

Western Australia

6041 to 6044; 6055, 6056; 6069, 6076; 6083 to 6084; 6111; 6121 to 6126; 6200 to 6799

Excluding Perth and surrounding areas

Other states

Work in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania is eligible, regardless of where you work.

Conversely, no work in the Australian Capital Territory is eligible.