Australian government quietly suspends new working holiday visa applications for Chinese nationals

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Tens of thousands of young people in China reportedly see their working holiday visa applications expire as the Australian government quietly suspends issuing the visa for Chinese nationals.

Nathan Que quit his job in China and waited 10 months for a chance to come to Australia for a once-in-a-lifetime working holiday .

In 2015, the program opened to 5,000 Chinese applicants annually under a free trade agreement between Australia and China. The demand to come to Australia is there, but according to applicants the chance to obtain a working holiday visa has all but evaporated.According to information on the Department of Home Affairs website, when a country's quota of working holiday visas was close to full, it would be "suspended" and visa applications from its citizens would no longer be taken.

"He told me I would be seeing a different world … and I would be able to meet a lot of people from different parts of the world," Mr Que said.Lily Li, who's also in China, has been longing for a working holiday in Australia.

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