Lodging an Application
Welcome back to our walkthrough on how to apply online for a working holiday visa in New Zealand.
This guide is Part 2: Lodging an Application of your online application process for your working holiday visa in New Zealand. For this part of the application process, you will need to fill out some personal details in an online form on Immigration NZ’s Online Services. To see a complete written version of this guide go to How to Get a Working Holiday Visa?
Find here Part 1: Registering on Immigration NZ website and Part 3: Confirmation and Payment.
7. After clicking on the link from the email you received as explained in Part 1, you should be back to the same page where we started. Log in using the username and password that you just set up.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services8. Under the “Working Holiday Schemes” heading, click on “Click here to apply”.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services9. On this new page, select your country of origin from the list.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services10. If your scheme is available, click on apply now.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services11. Fill up all your personal details then hit save. You only need to fill out the fields with the exclamation point inside it.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services12. After this is done click on identification under the personal tab. You will need your valid passport and another form of identification to complete this section. Click on save once you have filled in all the necessary fields.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services13. You can now click on occupation details under the personal tab. This section is optional, so we advise you to skip it. However, if do want to complete it, enter your industry and occupation in the fields provided and search for a matching item in the list. It is quite confusing, so if you are unsure leave it blank and move on to the health tab.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services14. Answer yes or no to all the health questions listed. If you answer yes to any of them, explain in the box at the bottom. Hit “Save” and move on to the character tab.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services15. Same process here, answer yes or no to all the character questions listed. If you answer “yes” to any of them, explain in the box at the bottom. Hit “Save” and move on to the working holiday-specific tab.
© Immigration New Zealand Online Services16. Answer all the working holiday specific questions. Now all the tabs should show a tick logo as you have completed the whole application. You can now click on submit and pass on to the Part 3 of this guide.
Note: Your intended date of travel does not have to be the exact date, this is for survey purposes only. If your dates are still open, no need to panic!
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Sources:
The information in this guide has been compiled from our extensive research, travel and experiences across New Zealand and the South Pacific, accumulated over more than a decade of numerous visits to each destination. Additional sources for this guide include the following:
- MBIE Immigration and Workers Rights (Working rights in New Zealand - Updated [2024])
- Immigration New Zealand (Visa and immigration advice - Updated [2024])
- Stats NZ (Statistics and travel data - Updated [2024])
- Council websites (Local travel advice region by region - Updated [2024])
- New Zealand Customs Service (Customs and Biosecurity - Updated [2024])
- Tourism Export Council New Zealand (Tourism trade association - Updated [2024])
- TIA (Independent tourism association - Updated [2024])
- Tourism New Zealand (General travel advice - Updated [2024])
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