Working Holiday Visa Online Application Guide - Part 1

Last Updated: 11 September, 2022

Registering on the Immigration NZ Website

If you already read our article on How to apply online for a Working Holiday Visa in New Zealand and want some visual help, well here you go! Or if you were just looking for something to walk you through the whole application process, well you are in the right place too.

Be sure to check your country’s specific requirements on this page then follow the orange square on each screen capture shown in this guide to know where to click.

This guide is “Part 1: Registering on Immigration NZ website” of your online application for your working holiday visa in New Zealand. Find here “Part 2: Lodging an application” and “Part 3: Confirmation and Payment“

1. Grab your passport and your Visa or MasterCard credit card (for the application fee) and head to this page using preferably the Firefox browser. (The page will open in other browsers, but the page has fewer bugs and glitches on Firefox).

2. On this page, select working holiday schemes.

3. Under “new users”, click on create an account.

4. Fill up all the required information keeping in mind that your password must have three different types of characters.

5. After clicking on register you should see this page. Open the email in your inbox.

6. This email shows that your registration was successful. Click on the first link in the email and pass onto Part 2 of this guide.

Next in the Working Holiday Application Guide

Working Holiday Visa Online Application Guide – Part 2

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 [2025])
Immigration New Zealand (Visa and immigration advice - Updated [2025])
Stats NZ (Statistics and travel data - Updated [2025])
Council websites (Local travel advice region by region - Updated [2025])
New Zealand Customs Service (Customs and Biosecurity - Updated [2025])
Tourism Export Council New Zealand (Tourism trade association - Updated [2025])
TIA (Independent tourism association - Updated [2025])
Tourism New Zealand (General travel advice - Updated [2025])

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Robin C.

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