If you need work experience to complete or further your study or training, you may be eligible for a work visa under Student and Trainee Work Instructions.

Students or trainees may be eligible under one of three categories contained in the Student and Trainee Work Instructions.

Students fulfilling a course requirement

Students who want to fulfil a course requirement by undertaking practical work experience in New Zealand must:

• meet our health and character requirements
• provide evidence of support of their educational institution
• provide evidence of an offer of work from a New Zealand education institution or employer.

If you meet these requirements, we may issue you a work visa for the time you require to undertake the training, up to six months. We will apply work visa conditions which relate to your practical training.

Dental or medical trainees

Dental or medical trainees who want to fulfil a compulsory practical training requirement for their course must:

• meet our health and character requirements
• be appropriately qualified and experienced
• not hold a New Zealand student or visitor visa
• have a letter of acceptance from a New Zealand hospital offering practical training work.

It is not necessary to be professionally registered in New Zealand for this category of work visa.

If you meet these requirements, we may issue you a work visa for the time you require to undertake the training, up to six months. We will apply work visa conditions that relate to your practical training.

Apprentice jockeys

Jockeys aged 16 years or over who want to undertake an apprenticeship in New Zealand must:

• meet our health and character requirements
• have a job offer from a New Zealand trainer to undertake an apprenticeship in New Zealand
• provide a written guarantee from New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated that accommodation and living costs will be met
• provide a written guarantee from the trainer that they will meet the cost of travel back to your home country, if necessary, if the apprenticeship is not completed.

If you meet these requirements, we may issue you a work visa for up to four years. If you change trainers while you are here you will need to apply to us to change the conditions of your visa.

Apply

If you think you meet all the requirements, find out how to apply.