I have a friend who wants to work in New Zealand. She saw some tips on major post bars and their websites. Now he wants to apply for a tourist visa first, and then,

It is illegal to work on a tourist visa. After the tourist visa expires, it is also illegal to work before obtaining refugee status (whether this method is feasible or not), if the immigration bureau does not stipulate that you can work. It should be legal for your friend to work after obtaining refugee status.

In the process of your friend's application for refugee status, the Immigration Department should have some transitional visas, but it is not clear whether they can work.

These are all my personal opinions and guesses.

The following is what I saw on the Internet.

Refugee applications from Commonwealth countries have nothing to do with work visas.

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& ltBR & gt Applicants for refugees must wait for the court session, and they are not allowed to apply for other types of visas while applying for refugees. You can legally stay in the country while awaiting trial, but you usually have to go to a refugee prison. After the trial, if your application is approved, you can stay in the country as a refugee. Generally, after three to five years, you can get your nationality and get a new passport, so you can go back to China. If your application is rejected, you will leave the country within a time limit, otherwise it will be treated as illegal entry.