Working holidays in New Zealand

Those who are between 18 and 30 years and wish to travel and work in New Zealand, a working holiday visa or work permit can help fulfill your dreams. It is possible to find online if the person’s country has a working holiday scheme agreement with New Zealand. It can also be found out whether the person qualifies and the conditions of the working holiday. For some countries, there is an online application service. The applicants have to contact the “Department of Labour, Immigration New Zealand, All Service Branches – New Zealand and Offshore.”

New Zealand has many short term work chances for working holidaymakers. People from other countries are inspired to take jobs in the fields of viticulture, horticulture and agriculture. Those working holidaymakers who can submit proof that they have worked in the viticulture or horticulture industries for minimum three months are considered eligible for an additional three month stay in New Zealand.

New Zealand has a holiday working scheme for the following countries – Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay.

The eligibility for the United States working holiday scheme is as follows – The person must have a passport from the United States of America. This passport must have validity for minimum three months after the planned date on which the person leaves New Zealand. The minimum age of the person has to be 18. The maximum age of the person can be 30. The person cannot be accompanied by children. There must be a return ticket or enough funds to buy such a ticket. To cater to the living costs in New Zealand, there must be funds worth NZ$4200. The health and character requirements must be satisfied. During the total length of the stay in New Zealand, the person must have medical and comprehensive hospitalization insurance. The prime motive of the person has to be to come on a holiday to New Zealand. The secondary objective of the visit has to be work. The person must not have been offered a visa or permit under the Working Holiday Scheme before the current application. Those who are already in New Zealand must hold a valid temporary permit. The working holidaymaker must hold enough funds for the duration of the visit and to buy an outward ticket from New Zealand. Proof of these funds may be asked for on arrival of the person on the border.

In the following conditions, the entry of the person in New Zealand is prohibited. People who have active pulmonary tuberculosis are not accepted. People who have a relatively high possibility of requiring publicly funded services including high cost disability services, high cost pharmaceuticals, residential care and hospitalization are not considered as a working holidaymaker. Those who have applied for a student visa/permit and are less than 21 years of age and may be eligible for “ongoing and reviewable resourcing schemes” are not allowed as a holidaymaker.