Visas & Entry
The youth-mobility schemes that let young travellers live and work abroad for a year or two — the usual 18–30/35 age cap, which nationalities qualify…
By Bishnu Adhikari · Aug 30, 2026
A working holiday visa is the closest thing travel has to a cheat code: a legal permit that lets a young traveller live in another country for a year or two and take paid work to fund the trip. In 2026 a handful of countries run these youth-mobility schemes —…
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A working holiday visa is aimed squarely at young people who want to travel long-term and pay their way with local work — hospitality, farm and seasonal jobs, retail, ski resorts, offices. It sits between a tourist stamp (no work allowed, short stay) and a…
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These are the best-known schemes. The age ranges below are the general bands; the exact upper limit, the annual quota and the savings figure differ by scheme and by your passport, and are set on each government's official page.
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Australia runs the world's best-known version through two subclasses — the Working Holiday visa (417) and the Work and Holiday visa (462) — and which one you apply for is decided by your nationality, not your preference. The headline appeal is that a…
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Canada's International Experience Canada (IEC) works differently from a simple application: you enter a pool and wait to be drawn at random for an invitation to apply, so getting in is partly a matter of luck and of entering early in the season. The UK's…
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The eligibility checklist is broadly similar everywhere: hold a passport from an eligible country, be within the age band at the time you apply (a birthday can quietly close the door), show enough savings to support yourself while you look for work, and…
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