Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Australia Work and Holiday Visa - Subclass 462

It all started with a small plan, a plan to backpack around Oz for 2months. Our ambition grew bigger, when the hope to apply for a working holiday in Oz turns brighter. because the Oz immigration only grants 100 Malaysians each yr for this visa, and the application opens on 1 July 2011 (might change each year, check the OZ website for details). It all coincides very well, since we have bought our air ticket departing September. So we just thought we should try applying, which will give us ONE year in OZ working legally and travelling around! sounds perfect ~ ~

before submitting the visa application at the Australia High Commission, Malaysia . . .

we have looked through the Oz immi website maybe a 100 times, to:

   - print and fill up application form

   - applying a letter of good conduct from Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
     You have to submit the application online, then print out the application form. The form together with 2 passport photos & 2 copies of I/C have to be certified by Commissioner of Oath. After certified, proceed to the Foreign Affair office @ Putrajaya to get the certificate

   - maintain at least AUD 5000 (in RM) in your bank account. Printing account statement / fixed deposits then certified by the bank. just show the latest month statement

   - certified copy of your degree certificate. We also got ourselves a letter from college to clarify that our degree courses were conducted in English language

   - certified copy of your birth certificate, if your birth certificate is in Bahasa Malaysia, you have to translate it to English for a fee at Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka. Angie did not get her birth cert translated, luckily the immigration still accept her application as the officer in charge is a Malaysian

   - certified copy of your passport

   - show your air tickets (if have), if not just show in the bank statement the sufficient money to purchase the air ticket
 
   - passport sized photographs

   - make sure passport is renewed or has enough time validity till you're back from a one yr trip in Australia. Because the visa follows your passport number.


*** the QUESTIONS we have in our minds before submitting the application on 1 july is: ***

1) should we get a travel insurance first? Answer : NO.

2) if we have to do a health screen first? Answer : NO. After submitting the application, you will be advised to do a chest X-ray at the panel medical center, and also go to the VFS Global office to have your bio metrics collected.

3) can we get the degree cert, passport & birth cert certified at the high commission? Answer : YES. You can get it done during application.


For those who would like to apply for the work and holiday visa, do it before you reach age of 30 and get married and most important is before you REGRET! And be very very early on the opening date of application. This is the queue you want to be in, among the first 100! Well, we reach around 6.30 am that very day, we are already applicant number 40++.. Guess next year, people have to camp there =.=

Visa fee for this year is RM902. We paid using credit card, must be yr own name credit card. Other method would be cash. Banker cheque is not advisable since the OZ immi revise their visa fees as at 1 July each year.

Well after payment on the day of application, be patient to wait around 4 weeks time for the processing.

Crossed fingers~!


Well, the good news of course P&A visa APPROVED. We are officially on track to backpack around OZzz....

Information for : Australia Backpackers Tax Refund $$$

12 comments:

  1. Absolutely fabulous! thank you for creating and sharing it, for some reason I just love the look of that!


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  2. thanks Shaik~ we just wanna share our experience, its a one in a lifetime adventure. =) we're in perth now, busy searching for job. More pics of the beautiful south-west OZ will be posted soon!

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  3. Hi P & A, we missed u gays alot la...

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  4. enjoy Oz to fullest on our behalf ya...

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  5. Hi Peter and Angie, I would like to ask where you guys submitted the application? Is it the embassy or VFS global office? Because I don't really understand the whole process of application...

    Besides, did you submit your application July 1 last year? Because it was a Saturday, and July 1 falls on a Sunday this year, so I don't know when should I go, and where, and how. I've prepared all the materials already, but just have a lot of questions in my head now... And also, how did you do the payment? Credit card or bank draft?

    Thank you for answering my questions yea, :)

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  6. Hi貞霖, yes we applied on the 1st of july 2011 which is a friday. We queue and submit it at the aus high commission, not VFS. Since it's a sunday this yr, u should email or call the high comm and clarify with them. You only need to go VFS once you have submitted yr application. We paid by our own name credit card. Bank draft is not advisable. You can even pay by cash. We are glad to help. If u have any more ques just share here. =)

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  7. Hi Peter and Angie, it's Ivy here, Jackie's girlfriend. How have you been? Are you all still in Perth? :)

    I'm thinking to go back to Malaysia and apply for this visa also because I'm graduating in September. When you applied for it, are you required to present IELTS result? Because one of the requirement I saw at the website is "Results of an IELTS, TOEFL, or Occupational English test, undertaken not more than 2 years prior to application, or alternative evidence of English (not required for applicants from the USA)."

    But you didn't mentioned it here so I am thinking whether it's necessary or not. Also, do you mean that the visa is at first-come-first-serve basis?

    Thanks for answering yea. Hope all is well with both of you!

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    1. Hello Ivy! It's been long since we met in Perth. We'e in Melbourne now. Doing well, how bout both of you?

      When we apply the WHV, we just present our degree certificate, since we did not take the IELTS. We also show the letter of proof that our degree course is conducted in English just in case. We got this letter of proof from our college. So with yr degree cert (which is issued in Australia) i think there should be no problem =)

      Yes it's a first come first serve basis. SO remember to get there VERY early on the first day of application. hehe. Good luck ya~~

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