The official list is in two public legal instruments: LIN 22/012 for the 417 visa and LIN 22/013 for the 462. You read them in three steps: subclass, sector and postcode. This guide explains where to look. It does not say whether a particular job counts towards a visa. That is decided by Home Affairs, the Department of Home Affairs.
The legislation register shows both as in force on 5 November 2026. Their latest version is dated 5 April 2025. A summary of the rules, including the 88 days, is in second and third visa.
What are the steps?
There are three, and the order matters because each sector uses its own list:
- Subclass: open the instrument for your visa, 417 or 462. According to Home Affairs, visa conditions can be seen in VEVO, its online service.
- Sector: find the work in the table below. Each instrument details its tasks in English.
- Postcode: in Schedule 1, at the end of the instrument, find the state and the number in the list the table points to.
Where is each sector in the instrument?
Each sector has its own section and points to a list (item) in Schedule 1:
| Visa | Sector | Section | List |
|---|---|---|---|
| 417 | Plant and animal cultivation, construction, mining, fishing and pearling, tree farming and felling | 5 | Item 3, Regional Australia |
| 462 | Plant and animal cultivation, construction | 6 | Items 2 and 3, Northern and Regional |
| 462 | Fishing and pearling, tree farming and felling | 5 | Item 2, Northern Australia |
| 417 | Tourism and hospitality | 6 | 4406, 4416, 4498, 7215 and items 2 and 4 |
| 462 | Tourism and hospitality | 7 | 4406, 4416, 4498, 7215 and items 2 and 4 |
| 417 and 462 | Bushfire recovery | 7 (417), 8 (462) | Item 1, by local government area |
| 417 and 462 | Recovery after flood, cyclone or severe weather | 8A (417), 9A (462) | Item 5, by local government area |
| 417 and 462 | Critical COVID-19 work in health care | 8 (417), 9 (462) | Whole country, no list |
Each sector has its own start dates in the text of the instrument.
How do you read a range of postcodes?
A range includes all the numbers between its two ends. In item 3, New South Wales has "2618 to 2739". The number 2680, the postcode of Griffith, is inside that range. That only means the number appears on that list. It says nothing about an employer or a visa.
In item 3, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory appear as All postcodes. Canberra does not appear in that item.
Items 1 and 5 mostly use the names of local government areas, not postcodes. Griffith, for example, appears as a local government area in item 5.
Is the same postcode on every list?
No. The same number can be on one list and not on another. All of Tasmania is in Regional Australia. For tourism and hospitality, however, only these appear in Tasmania: 7139, 7255 to 7257, 7466 to 7470 and 7215. That is why you look at the sector first and the postcode second.
Which postcode should you look at?
The instrument talks about the area where the work is done ("work carried out in that area"). That is our reading of the text, not an answer from Home Affairs. ABN Lookup shows something different: the state and postcode of the main location of the business, which may not be that of the farm. If you are asked for an ABN yourself, see what it is and when it is used.
What papers do the sources cite?
They cite payslips, bank statements and form 1263, among others:
| Paper | Who cites it |
|---|---|
| Payslips | Tourism Australia, First Migration Service, RACC |
| Bank statements | Tourism Australia. First Migration Service says the deposits should match the payslips |
| Piece rate agreement | Tourism Australia |
| Employment contract | RACC |
| Payment certificates, tax returns, employer references | Tourism Australia |
| Form 1263, employer verification, with ABN, dates and tasks | First Migration Service |
Tourism Australia is not the visa authority, and its page still gives an old price, so it may not be up to date. First Migration Service and RACC are third parties. None of them says which papers are enough in a particular case.
The conditions for piece rate pay are in farm work.
Does the ballot change anything?
The rules in this guide do not change for now, because the ballot announced for the second and third visa is not yet law. According to the law firm One Planet, as of 2 October 2026 there was no legal text or date, and finishing the work would give entry to the ballot, not the visa. According to RACC, as of 23 October the Home Affairs page mentioned neither a quota nor a ballot. What is known is in second and third visa.
This guide gives general information. It is not legal or visa advice.
What could we not confirm?
- Home Affairs page on specified work: we could not check it, and we could not open its archive.org copy either. The Embassy in Germany page gave an error, and the Japan embassy and Tourism Australia do not cite form 1263. We have not compared that page with these instruments.
- Form 1263: we could not check the official PDF. We do not know its current version, whether it is always needed or whether it applies to the 462. One search result cited form 1464 for the 462, but we could not open the page.
- Support jobs: according to One Planet, Home Affairs temporarily accepts some, such as administration or cleaning, in a postcode on the list. We did not see this in an official source and we do not know until when.
- Errors in the instrument: in item 4, New South Wales says "2832 to 283". We do not interpret it.
- Ballot: we do not know whether anything has changed since 23 October 2026.
Sources
Seen on 5 November 2026.
- LIN 22/012, compilation of 5 April 2025, official.
- LIN 22/013, compilation of 5 April 2025, official.
- Versions in the legislation register: LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013, official.
- Home Affairs FAQ on the Embassy in Tokyo website, 30 September 2024, embassy.
- Tourism Australia, 6 January 2026 according to its metadata, official, not the visa authority.
- National Harvest Guide, November 2018, copy on a third-party website, for the Griffith postcode.
- First Migration Service, 2 January 2026, third party.
- RACC, 23 October 2026, third party.
- One Planet Migration Law, status as of 2 October 2026, third party.