The London branch of Immigration New Zealand administers twenty working holiday schemes: United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finalnd, France, Germany, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.
You can apply for many of the schemes online. For more information go to our working holiday scheme pages and click on the link to the scheme you wish to apply for.
Note: Due to the success of the on-line working holiday application system, any applications for working holiday visas received in London, either by post or at the public counter, will be given less priority than other applications. This will mean that it may take up to 30 days to have your application finalised if submitted manually to the London office. People wishing to obtain a working holiday visa for New Zealand under any of the schemes processed online, including the Czech, Irish and UK schemes, should therefore make their application through our website, where most applications are finalised within 48 hours.
Applicants under the following schemes:
Austria Ireland
Belgium Malta
Czech Republic Netherlands
Denmark Norway
Finland Slovakia
France Slovenia
Germany Sweden
should not have to provide full medical and x-ray certificates when lodging an application unless they have spent time in a country which is which is not considered to have a low incidence of TB.
Applicants under the following schemes will need to provide a chest x-ray certificate with their application. If you apply online you will be asked to submit your chest x-ray certificate to Immigration New Zealand separately:
Estonia Spain
Latvia Turkey
Poland
For further details on exactly what you need to provide when applying for a working holiday visa please go to our checklists page.
If you submit an application to the branch, you must provide your passport as we cannot process your application without it. If you do not submit your passport, the application will be returned to you unactioned.
There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to British citizens each year. You can choose to apply for either a 12 month or a 23 month working holiday visa. If you apply for a 23 month working holiday visa you will need to provide full medical and x-ray certificates, which must be completed by an INZ panel doctor and radiologist. If you apply for a 12 month working holiday visa and then later decide you want to spend longer in New Zealand you can apply for an extension to take you up to the full 23 months when you are in New Zealand. If you decide to do this you will need to provide medical and x-ray certificates at the time you apply for the extension. Whether you apply for a 12 month or 23 month working holiday visa you can only work for 12 months of your stay.
Note: If you apply for a 12 month working holiday visa initially and choose to later apply for the extension to 23 months, you must be in New Zealand - we cannot process these applications for extensions from outside of New Zealand.
Before applying for a UK working holiday visa you should also read the information on the United Kingdom Working Holiday page.
The Republic of Ireland working holiday scheme allows young Irish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Irish citizens each year.
Before applying for an Irish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Irish Working Holiday page.
The Austria working holiday scheme allows young Austrian citizens to spend up to 6 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Austrian working holiday makers each year. The quota runs from 18 April each year.
As at 10 May 2013 there are no places left in the quota.
Before applying for an Austrain working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Austria Working Holiday page.
The Belgium working holiday scheme allows young Belgian citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Belgian citizens each year.
Before applying for an Belgium working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Belgium Working Holiday page.
The Czech Republic working holiday scheme allows young Czech citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 1200 places for Czech working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 1 March to 28 February.
As of 10 May 2013 there are no places left in the quota.
Before applying for a Czech working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Czech Working Holiday page.
The Slovak Republic working holiday scheme allows young Slovakian citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Slovak Republic working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 17 April each year.
Before applying for a Slovakian working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Slovakia Working Holiday page.
The Denmark working holiday scheme allows young Danish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Danish citizens each year.
Before applying for a Danish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Denmark Working Holiday page.
The Poland working holiday scheme allows young Polish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Polish working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 15 February.
Before appling for a Polish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Polish Working Holiday page.
The Latvia working holiday scheme allows young Latvian citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Latvian working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 4 March.
As of 10 May 2013 there are 92 places left in the quota.
Before appling for a Latvian working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Latvia Working Holiday page.
The Netherlands working holiday scheme allows young Dutch citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Dutch citizens each year.
Before applying for a Dutch working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Netherlands Working Holiday page.
The Estonia working holiday scheme allows young Estonian citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Estonian working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 3 April.
As of 10 May 2013 there are 23 places left in the quota.
Before appling for a Estonian working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Estonia Working Holiday page.
The Slovenia working holiday scheme allows young Slovenian citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Slovenian working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 5 April.
Before appling for a Slovenian working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Slovenia Working Holiday page.
The Kingdom of Spain working holiday scheme allows young Spanish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 200 places for Spanish working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from 29 April.
Before appling for a Spanish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Spain Working Holiday page.
The Sweden working holiday scheme allows young Swedish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Swedish citizens each year.
Before applying for a Swedish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Sweden Working Holiday page.
The Norway working holiday scheme allows young Norwegians citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Norwegian citizens each year.
Before applying for a Norwegian working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Norway Working Holiday page.
The Finland working holiday scheme allows young Finnish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to Finnish citizens each year.
Before applying for a Finnish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Finland Working Holiday page.
The France working holiday scheme allows young French citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to French citizens each year.
Before applying for a French working holiday visa you should also read the information on the France Working Holiday page.
The German working holiday scheme allows young German citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There is no cap on the number of working holiday visas that can be issued to German citizens each year.
Before applying for a German working holiday visa you should also read the information on the German Working Holiday page.
The Malta working holiday scheme allows young citizens from Malta to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 50 places for Maltese working holiday makers each year. The quota runs from July each year.
As at 10 May 2013 there are 46 places left in the quota.
Before applying for a Malta working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Malta Working Holiday page.
The Turkey working holiday scheme allows young Turkish citizens to spend up to 12 months holidaying and working in New Zealand. There are 100 places for Turkish working holiday makers each year. The quota year runs from July to June each year.
As at 10 May 2013 there are 89 places left in the quota.
Before applying for a Turkish working holiday visa you should also read the information on the Turkey Working Holiday page.
