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# Australian postcodes eligible for specified work (the "88 days")

Working Holiday Maker visa holders (subclass 417, and 462 under a near-identical instrument) need 88 days of
"specified work" in eligible areas of Australia to apply for a second-year visa, and 179 days for a third.
The official list of eligible areas is a legal instrument published as a PDF, with postcodes written as
ranges inside the text. This dataset turns it into one CSV row per range, with the kind of work each area
counts for.

Maintained by [88mates](https://88mates.com), a free app for Working Holiday makers in Australia.

- Check a postcode online: https://88mates.com/en/88-days-postcode-checker
- Where to do your 88 days, region by region: https://88mates.com/en/88-days

## Source

Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 visas) Instrument 2022 (LIN 22/012), Schedule 1,
compilation in force on 5 April 2025, Department of Home Affairs.
https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2022L00271/latest/details

Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 3 November 2026 (latest compilation checked on that date). For the latest information
on Australian Government legislation please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.

The subclass 462 instrument (LIN 22/013) has a near-identical Schedule 1; check it for a 462 visa.

## File

`specified_work_postcode_ranges.csv`, 234 rows:

| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `area` | Regional Australia, Northern Australia, Remote and Very Remote Australia, or a postcode listed on its own |
| `state` | State or territory |
| `postcode_from`, `postcode_to` | Inclusive range of 4-digit postcodes (empty when the whole state counts) |
| `all_postcodes_in_state` | `true` when every postcode of the state or territory counts (e.g. Northern Territory, Tasmania, South Australia for Regional Australia) |
| `counts_for_work` | `farm_fishing_forestry_construction_mining` or `tourism_hospitality` |
| `note` | Remarks on a row |

## How the rules work

- Farm work, fishing and pearling, tree farming and felling, construction and mining count in
  **Regional Australia**.
- Tourism and hospitality count only in **Northern Australia** and **Remote and Very Remote Australia**,
  plus four postcodes listed on their own (4406, 4416, 4498, 7215). A postcode can therefore be eligible
  for a farm job and not for a hotel job.
- Ranges are copied as written: a range can include numbers that are not real postcodes.

## Limits

- Areas affected by bushfires, floods, cyclones or other severe weather are defined by local government
  area (LGA), not by postcode, and are **not** included.
- The official text prints one Remote Australia range in NSW as "2832 to 283", a typo. It is widened here
  to 2832–2839 (see the `note` column).
- This is not legal advice. The Department of Home Affairs decides whether work counts.

## Licence

CC BY 4.0. Please credit "88mates (https://88mates.com), based on content from the Federal Register of
Legislation".