The Working Holiday Programme is an initiative by the Irish and Japanese Governments and enables young Japanese people to take extended holidays in Ireland for up to a year, and to work to supplement their travel.
The aim of the scheme is to give Japanese people the opportunity to experience the culture, landscape and people of Ireland while being able to work and study English.
For Information about the Working Holiday Programme in English please click here (PDF 180kb) . For a version in Japanese please click here (PDF 203kb) .
To download the application form, please click here (PDF 204kb) .
2013 Application Dates
The Embassy will accept applications for the FIRST
TRANCHE of the 2013 working holiday authorisations
from TUESDAY 1st JANUARY 2013
to THURSDAY 31st JANUARY 2013.
The first tranche is for applicants that wish to travel to
Ireland before 31 AUGUST 2013.
Application period for the SECOND
TRANCHE of the 2013 working holiday authorisations
will be from SATURDAY 1st JUNE 2013
to FRIDAY 28th JUNE 2013. This is for
applicants wishing to travel to Ireland after 31st
AUGUST 2013 and before 28th FEBRUARY 2014.
Persons older than 30 years at the time of their application are ineligible for the Ireland-Japan Working Holiday Programme.
