Information about
Working Holiday Extension Work Visa
If you are on a Working Holiday Visa and have done seasonal work in the viticulture or horticulture industries, you may be able to stay in New Zealand for another 3 months.
If you are on a Working Holiday Visa and have done seasonal work in the viticulture or horticulture industries, you may be able to stay in New Zealand for another 3 months.
You may provide your original passport, or a certified copy when you submit your application. If you provide a certified copy we may request your original passport to complete your application.
Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after you plan to leave New Zealand.
If you are a citizen of China and you submit a paper application form in China, you must also complete a supplementary form.
You may need to provide police certificates as proof of your good character.
If you are aged 17 or older and plan to stay in New Zealand for more than 24 months (including any time you have already spent in New Zealand), you must provide police certificates from:
any country you are a citizen of
any country you have spent more than 5 years in since you turned 17.
You do not need to provide police certificates if:
you have provided them to us with an earlier visa application, and
You must have spent at least 3 months doing seasonal work in the horticulture or viticulture industries while on your current Working Holiday Visa. Evidence can include:
letters from employers
pay slips
tax records.
Seasonal work can include planting, maintaining, harvesting or packing crops.
Onward travel
You must have a ticket to leave New Zealand or enough money to buy one
The information below will help you understand the process, timeframes and costs involved in applying for this visa, so you can plan ahead and have the best chance of submitting a complete application.
These are the conditions that you must meet once you have your visa.
Travel
After you arrive, you can travel in and out of New Zealand as many times as you like before your visa expires.
Work
You will have the same work conditions as your first working holiday visa.
You don’t need an offer a job offer to apply for a Working Holidaymaker Extension Work Visa.
Study
You can do some study or training, as long as it’s not for more than 6 months of your total stay in New Zealand.
Funds
You must have enough money to live on while in New Zealand.
Onward travel
You must have the means to leave New Zealand at all times during your stay.
Medical insurance
If it was a condition of your Working Holiday Visa to maintain medical insurance for the length of your stay, you must continue to maintain it for the length of your Working Holidaymaker Extension Work Visa.
Check your Working Holiday Visa for your medical insurance conditions.
Visa expiry
You must leave New Zealand before your visa expires.
Visa expiry dates are printed on a visa label or included in a visa letter.