August 23, 2024 – 07:00
Find out everything you need to know to begin the process and emigrate to a new country.
Working Holiday visas are the result of bilateral agreements between Argentina and certain countries, through which young people can live and find work abroad legally for a certain period (usually 12 months). This allows them to learn or perfect another language and gain international experience.
Travelers often take a seasonal job that they can do for a limited number of months and then use the remaining time they have left to travel to different countries and cities.
In these countries you can apply for the Working Holiday visa 2024
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Germany
- It can be applied from Argentina, Paraguay and some European countries. It can be applied from a country other than the country of origin, except from Germany.
- To apply for a visa, you must be at least 18 years old and not have turned 31 at the time of application (you can enter Germany at 31 years old if you already have a visa).
- There are unlimited places.
- The approval time is very fast, but there are not always available shifts. To apply from Argentina, shifts are requested online and are enabled periodically, so they are sold out quickly once they are enabled.
Australia
- In case they run out They are renewed on July 1 of each year.
- It can be applied from anywhere in the world, except Australia.
- To apply for a visa, you must be at least 18 years old and not have turned 31 at the time of application (you can enter Australia at 31 years old if you already have an approved visa).
- The total of The quota granted by Home Affairs to apply for the visa is 3,400 per year.
Austria
- The Embassy is providing shifts for late December and early January 2025anyway some have found shifts recently because There are people who cancel theirs and free up places.
- The quotas are enabled as maximum 6 months before the date of the appointment to apply, while the minimum time remains 15 days before.
- Applications cannot be made from abroad, but can only be submitted in person at the Austrian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be at least 18 years old and not have turned 31 at the time of application (you can enter Austria at 31 years old if you already have a visa).
- For this visa are granted 200 places per year.
- The shifts for the 2022 visa opened in August of that year and are still available for late 2024 and early 2025. If there are no more places available, they are usually re-enabled in August or September of each year.
Korea
- The application process is in person at the Korean Consulate in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 34 years old at the time of application (you can enter Korea at 35 years old if you already have a visa).
- For this visa are granted 200 places per year.
- To date, the 200 places available for this visa have never been exhausted.
Denmark
- The shifts of The second batch of 75 places will be available on September 2, 2024 as reported by VFS.
- It can only be applied from Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be at least 18 years old and not have turned 31 at the time of application (you can enter Denmark at 31 years old if you already have a visa).
- Are There are 150 places available for visa applications, of which 75 are open from March to August and 75 from September to February.
- Visas They usually end on the same day in which they are enabled.
Slovakia
- Applications can only be made at the Slovak Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be at least 18 years old and not have turned 31 at the time of application (you can enter Slovakia at 31 years old if you already have a visa).
- Are 100 places in total to apply for the visa.
- It’s a new visa and it is not yet known whether the slots will be sold out, and if so, it is also not known how long it will take.
Spain
- It can only be applied for from the different Spanish Consulates in Argentina.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 35 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 500 places per year.
- It is not known why, since the visa opened in 2023, the quotas have never been exhausted.
France
- The French Consulate in Buenos Aires confirmed that You can request appointments online to submit the documentation to obtain the VVT France visa.
- It can only be requested in person at the French Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- You must be between 18 and 35 years old inclusive at the time of applying for the visa.
- For this visa a total of 900 annual places.
- Visas They usually last all year because the Consulate usually opens limited shifts per day. If there are no more places available, the Consulate will inform you when they will open again.
Hungary
- This visa can also be applied from Hungary.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 35 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 200 places per year.
- Applications are usually open for most of the year. In 2023, places opened in January and were filled in December.
Japan
- It cannot be applied for from abroad. Applications for this visa must be made in person at the Japanese Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 30 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 400 places per year.
- Since the quotas are divided into 4 rounds, there are quotas until the end of the year and they are exhausted in that last round.
Poland
- This visa can only be applied for in person at the Polish Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 30 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 400 places per year.
- The quotas were never exhausted, so it is not yet possible to determine how long it will take to fill them.
In these countries you can no longer apply for the Working Holiday 2024 visa
Holland (Netherlands)
- The 2024 places are sold out. The opening date for 2025 has not yet been announced.
- The application is only made in person at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 30 years old, inclusive.
- A total of 100 annual quotas are granted for this visa.
- It is a visa that tends to sell out quickly because places are limited. In 2023, the quotas were filled in one day.
Ireland
- The date of application It was June 5, 2024You must wait until the application date of 2025 to be able to submit the application.
- You can apply from abroad. To do so, you must notify the Embassy that you are going to apply from abroad once it contacts you via email confirming that you have been preselected.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 35 years old, inclusive.
- For the Working Holiday Ireland there is a total of 200 places per year.
- They sell out on the same day. In June 2024, the quotas were gone in minutes.
New Zealand
- New Zealand Immigration confirmed the 2024 application date for Argentines. It will be on Tuesday, September 24 at 10 am (New Zealand time), while in Argentina, due to time difference, it will be on Monday, September 23 at 7 pm.
- can be applied for from a country other than the country of origin, including New Zealand.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 35 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 1000 places per year.
- They are completed in minutes on the same day that the possibility of applying is enabled.
Norway
- You can apply from the VFS Global offices in Buenos Aires, in some Norwegian embassies in the Schengen Area and from Japan (as long as you are residing in these countries).
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 30 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 300 places per year.
- The 2024 places were sold out in less than 2 months. If there are no more places available, they are usually re-enabled in January of each year.
Portugal
- Appointments for visa applications at the Embassy in Buenos Aires for the period July-August 2024 are sold out. New shifts will be enabled during the last days of August 2024, as reported by the Embassy.
- It cannot be applied from a country other than the country of origin. Applications can only be made at the Portuguese Consulate in Córdoba and the Portuguese Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 30 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa a total of 100 places per year.
Sweden
- The Working Holiday Agreement between Argentina and Sweden It has been suspended since November 2020 until further notice, so it is not possible to apply for a visa.
- Those who had their visa being processed can cancel their application and request a refund, or wait for the response, which will most likely be negative.
- It can be applied from a country other than the country of origin, except from Sweden.
- To apply for a visa, you must be between 18 and 30 years old, inclusive.
- For this visa places are unlimited.
- Visas They do not end because they are unlimited.
Source: Ambito
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