The Working Holidaymaker scheme allows a commonwealth citizen, a citizen of a British Independent Territory or a British Overseas Citizen person aged between 17 – 30 inclusive to come to the United Kingdom to take a holiday and also work for the period the visa is granted.

Visa Period

An applicant will be granted a maximum of 2 years from the time the working holiday visa.

Requirement

You must be unmarried and is not a civil partner, or
You must be married to, or the civil partner of, a person who meets the requirements of this paragraph and the parties to the marriage or civil partnership intend to take a working holiday together; and
You have the means to pay for his return or onward journey; and
You are able and intend to maintain and accommodate yourself without recourse to public funds; and
You only to take employment incidental to a holiday, and not to engage in business, or to provide services as a professional sportsperson, and in any event not to work for more than 12 months during his stay; and
You do not have dependent children any of whom are 5 years of age or over or who will reach 5 years of age before the applicant completes his working holiday; and

Additional Information

The Working holidaymaker UK visa is a one off visa and cannot be issued a second time.

List of countries participating under the Commonwealth Scheme

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Canada
Cameroon
Dominica
Fiji Islands
The Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania, United Republic of
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe