What is a working holiday visa?

WHV: working holiday visa. Mbth working holiday visa, WHV for short.

Many people think that a working holiday visa is a tourist visa. In fact, a working holiday visa is a work visa, which is essentially different from a tourist visa.

Part-time holiday visa allows you to engage in full-time paid work or study full-time courses on the premise of meeting the requirements of the terms. While enjoying the beautiful scenery of New Zealand, you can fully feel the social and cultural customs here.

However, the Immigration Bureau also stressed that the main purpose of this visa holder coming to New Zealand should be "vacation", and work and study should be regarded as "non-primary purposes".

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Countries where Chinese mainland citizens can apply for working holiday visas: Australia and New Zealand.

Australian "visa"

165438+1October 17 reached a business agreement. Australia agreed to open a "working holiday visa" to China.

Application conditions: good health, sufficient financial support (about 5,000 Australian dollars), the ability to buy return air tickets, a certain level of education, IELTS score above 4.5 (out of 9), no bad personal records, etc.

New Zealand "visa"

Immigration New Zealand allows 65,438+0,000 young citizens from China to work and spend their holidays in New Zealand every year. Often once the annual quota is issued, it will be robbed in a short time. According to the news released by the New Zealand Immigration Bureau today, the application for the 20 14/20 15 working holiday visa quota in China will be officially opened on the morning of July 8th, New Zealand time 10 (that is, at 6 am on July 8th, Beijing time).

By then, all applicants need to apply online. After the application is successful, the Immigration Bureau will send a confirmation letter to the applicant's mailbox, which will list the relevant materials required by the applicant and the delivery time.

Application conditions: you must be a China citizen aged between 65,438+08-30, who has lived and lived in China for a long time (if you have left China for more than 2 years before submitting your application, it will be regarded as not meeting the application conditions), who has lived and lived in China at the time of submitting your application, has a deposit of at least NZD 4,200, has a certain level of English (IELTS score above 5.5), has at least a high school education, and must be issued by a designated medical institution.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-working holiday visa