Working Holiday Visa Question
Feb 4th 2012, 3:35 pm
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Working Holiday Visa Question
I am asking on behalf of someone else regarding a WHV, but can you enter NZ on the standard UK passport and stay for the allowable 6 months, then apply for a WHV and get a continuation of 23 months from that point i.e. a total stay of 29 months?
I have look at the immigration website but it is not clear and wondered if anyone else had any experience of this.
I have look at the immigration website but it is not clear and wondered if anyone else had any experience of this.
Feb 5th 2012, 12:29 am
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Re: Working Holiday Visa Question
I am asking on behalf of someone else regarding a WHV, but can you enter NZ on the standard UK passport and stay for the allowable 6 months, then apply for a WHV and get a continuation of 23 months from that point i.e. a total stay of 29 months?
I have look at the immigration website but it is not clear and wondered if anyone else had any experience of this.
I have look at the immigration website but it is not clear and wondered if anyone else had any experience of this.
You have to be outside NZ when you apply for a 12/23 month WHV but
you can apply for an extension of the 12 month one after you arrive here.
Feb 5th 2012, 1:15 am
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Re: Working Holiday Visa Question
No is the answer to this.
Feb 5th 2012, 6:30 pm
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Re: Working Holiday Visa Question
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...idayscheme.htm
According to the NZIS website, it is possible to apply from within NZ.
So I would say, Yes is the answer to this question.
According to the NZIS website, it is possible to apply from within NZ.
So I would say, Yes is the answer to this question.
Apr 5th 2012, 10:05 am
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Re: Working Holiday Visa Question
Just to follow up on this the advice thus far from NZIS is that you can come on the UK passport and then apply for a WHV over and above your 6 month entitlement. The WHV is classed as a work visa so the two are separate classes and independent of each other.
