UK Two-Year Holiday Working Visa

The requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom with a holiday work visa are that:

• You are a Commonwealth citizen: or a British Overseas Citizen; a British Overseas Territories Citizen; or a British National (Overseas); and
• Is aged between 17 and 31 inclusive or was so aged at the date of his/her application for leave to enter; and
• Is unmarried or is married to a person who meets the requirements of this paragraph and the parties to the marriage intend to take a working holiday together; and
• Has the means to pay for his or her return or onward journey; and
• Is able and intends to maintain and accommodate him/herself without recourse to public funds; and
• Is intending 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
• Does 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
• Intends to leave the UK at the end of his working holiday: and
• Has not spent time in the United Kingdom on a previous working holidaymaker entry clearance; and
• Holds a valid United Kingdom entry clearance, granted for a limited period not exceeding 2 years, for entry in this capacity.