1

you can apply for a visa anywhere, just not in the country you want to travel to.
i.e. you can't apply for a French visa while in France (as you need the visa to get in to France in the first place) but you could apply for it at the French embassy in Italy for example.

2

Many embassies won't deal with visa applications if you aren't legally resident in the country where you are applying from.

3

Maybe you missunderstood the system. You need a visa to go to a country, not if you are in there.

4

Great thanks for your help guys!

Looks as if i need to be in oz to apply.

Do you know is it possible to move between the two, if I have both the Italian and French WHV's, I am guessing it would be fine, am thinking that might be my plan :)

5

Do you know is it possible to move between the two, if I have both the Italian and French WHV's, I am guessing it would be fine, am thinking that might be my plan :)
In this site http://www.liveworkplay.com.au/visa.html#Italy they say:
"6. Each country issues a working holiday visa once in your life time. So make the most of your time. Most countries allow you to stay for 12 months."
I think it is waste of visa, is you go back and forth between Italy and France. And I am not sure if you can get the working holiday visa to be valid at the same time in both countries. Notice that you can work only in the country where you have the WHV. You can travel as a tourist in other Schengen countries 90 days out of 180 days.
I'd ask the embassy about how to do that as you must anyway make an appointment to apply the visa.

6

am thinking that might be my plan - I would suggest to ask about your plan both embassies and dont forget if asking a visa in one country the other one will know about inside the Schengen Zone.

7

Yes I have already made an appontment for my applications for both, so I might just contact the italian consulate (as I cannot contact the french) before and check with them whether this could work.

I am not planning on heading back to Europe after this long stay to work so am not worried about using one of them up, just keeping my options open and experiencing both countires as best I can!

8

The French Consulate in Sydney have advised that you can't apply for 2 working holiday visas in Schengen countries at the same time. Not sure if the Italian Consulate allow this, but please let us know Rombalina what you find. For interest, the German Consulate in Australia say there is no problem with having 2 visas at once, so it seems to be up to the Consulate or the individual visa officer???

It is possible for Australians to apply for the French Working Holiday Visa outside of Australia in some countries if you have a residence permit greater than 6 months. For example, Australians can apply for the French Working Holiday visa in London if they hold a 2 year Youth Mobility Visa. I have also been advised by other individuals that it is possible in Germany and Spain and also South Africa, but for dual passport holders.

9

Thanks for your help Craig!

I spoke to the Italian consulate about it and they said it was fine, however where it got tricky was with booking flights into both countries, as well as the required initial accomodation, so I decided to just go with an Italian WHV.

To my understanding I can apply for a Dutch, Norwegian or German WHV whilst over there, so I am thinking I will do that after my one year in Italy! :)