UPDATE JUNE 20, 2003 -- The UK Home Office has announced on the
20th of June that the Working Holidaymakers scheme will be updated.

The changes to the scheme will come as good news to young commonwealth citizens
who are currently in the UK on the scheme and for those who wish to apply for this type
of visa. Currently, it appears that no changes had been made to the rule prohibiting an
individual from having more than one working holiday. However, experience shows that one
must wait until the formal rules relating to working holidaymakers are announced to be certain
of all the changes.

The announced changes to the scheme include the following: the upper age are raised from
27 to 30 (with effect from 25 August 2003) employment restrictions are removed a person on this
type of visa will be allowed to switch to work permit employment after 12 months in the UK, if the
necessary criteria are met. Young commonwealth citizens who are currently on the Working
holidaymakers visa will benefit from the lifting of work restrictions and switching provisions with
immediate effect. Up to 25 August 2003 you still have to be between 17 and 27 years old to qualify
for this scheme. You should be able to pay for your return journey, and be able to support yourself
without using public funds. If you're married, you should both be eligible and travelling together, and
you mustn't have dependent children over five. To qualify as a working holidaymaker you must show
the following: that you are a Commonwealth citizen, British Dependent Territories citizen or British
Overseas citizen; that you are seeking entry for an extended holiday; that you are unmarried or
married to a person who at the same time qualifies for entry as a Working Holidaymaker and
that you intend to take a holiday together; that you do not have any dependent children who
are five years of age or over or who will reach five years of age before you complete your holiday;
that you are able to support and accommodate yourself without recourse to public funds; that
you have the means to pay for your onward journey; and that you intend to leave the United
Kingdom on completion of your holiday. You must obtain prior entry clearance as a
working holidaymaker before travelling to the United Kingdom.

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