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On 28 September Australia reopened the Work and Holiday 462 quota for four more countries: Spain, Uruguay, Slovakia and Austria. It is the second batch of the same day —in the morning Czechia, Israel and Poland had reopened— and the first one that includes nationalities this site covers. Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Ecuador remain paused.
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At 14:03 Argentina time, Czechia, Israel and Poland reopened. Nine hours later, at 23:01, Spain, Uruguay, Slovakia and Austria reopened. Seven countries in a single day, in two batches, and without a single announcement: the only thing that changes is the status in a table.
This time the news does affect us. Spain and Uruguay are two of the nationalities we follow, and anyone holding either of those two passports can apply today.
We read the official quota table on 28 September at 23:01 and read it again at 00:08 on the 29th, both in Argentina time. Between the morning reading and the evening one, four countries went from "paused" to "open":
Spain, with an annual quota of 3,400 places. Uruguay, with 1,500. Slovakia, with 1,000. Austria, with 500.
With this, nine countries are open —Spain, Israel, Poland, Uruguay, Slovakia, Austria, Czechia, San Marino and Türkiye— and sixteen are paused.
Spain and Argentina have exactly the same annual quota: 3,400 places. The difference is that today one is open and the other is not.
If you hold dual citizenship, there is a concrete decision to make here. Eligibility is determined by the citizenship you apply with, not the country where you live: someone who lives in Buenos Aires and has a Spanish passport can apply today.
Paused is not closed. Home Affairs defines "paused" as a temporary interruption, which happens when the quota is almost full or to spread applications across the year. "Closed" only applies at the end of the program year, which starts every 2 July.
That is why a paused country can reopen within the same year, which is exactly what happened seven times today. Argentina has been paused since 30 July.
Two warnings about the numbers. The annual quota is not the number of places left: 3,400 is the cap for the whole year, not what is available today, and nobody publishes how many remain. And Home Affairs itself warns that a status change can take up to 48 hours to show on its page.
Verified on 29 September 2026. If any of this changes, we will update the article and let you know by email.
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