Working holiday visa Australia

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Does anyone have experience with this?

I'm visually impaired (nearly blind) so limited to the work I can do.

I've been working in Vietnam with children with disabilities for nearly 8 years. I don't have a degree, but I speak 7 languages and studied at Hue Uni for a short time.

Can NGO staff, interpreters work on a WH visa?

Where can I find cheap housing in Melbourne?

Degree is irrelevant for WH visa as is the exact nature of the work. However, The focus is on casual work so you can do whatever work you want but over 3 mo with one employer and there may be issues. I did 10 weeks of audit work to cover staffing issues during the busy season in a Sydney accountancy firm but most people were doing bar work, hospitality and agricultural work. If you want to do more than 3 mo the employer needs to transfer your visa and so go through the usual hoops.

Charity, is being an interpreter, translator (for tis or oncall) "casual?

I could work for a charity as well....

Bar work, agriculture and many jobs in hospitality are off limits because of my VI.

Any type of work can be casual- it's the duration and nature of the contract that is the issue, so they can't offer you a permanent role on that visa. For example, I was offered 10 weeks of work at an hourly rate. I was basically a contractor- no sick pay, no holidays, no medical etc. Most auditors are salaried employees on permanent contracts with benefits and holiday/ sick entitlement.

Remembering the rules for a working holiday visa.age dependants. Etc

True - the cut off used to be 30 and can't have any dependent's if entering on that sort of visa.