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Student visa
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To apply for one of these visas, you’ll first need to create an account. Once you’ve done this, you can then login and apply. You can also use your login to check your application status.
Visa factsheet
Working Holiday Extension Work Visa
People who are already in New Zealand on a Working Holiday Visa can make a one-off application to stay an extra 3 months if they have completed at least 3 months of seasonal work in the horticulture or viticulture industries. Seasonal work can include planting, maintaining, harvesting or packing crops. You don’t have to have a job offer to apply.
People who are already in New Zealand on a Working Holiday Visa can make a one-off application to stay an extra 3 months if they have completed at least 3 months of seasonal work in the horticulture or viticulture industries. Seasonal work can include planting, maintaining, harvesting or packing crops. You don’t have to have a job offer to apply.
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're 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 don't 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.
If you are granted a visa, there are conditions that you must meet. These visa conditions are described below.
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.
Information updated on 2019/04/09 10:20:42.593874 GMT+12
