Extend New Zealand Visitor Visa

Many working holiday makers will apply visitor visa to extend their stay and travel around New Zealand. What if the 3 months visitor visa is NOT enough and you need to extend your stay? Can I apply a visitor visa again? What is the maximum duration of stay?

Extend New Zealand Visitor Visa

Can I apply a visitor visa more than once? Yes, of course! The maximum duration of stay is 9 months in a 18 months period. Let say, your working holiday period is 9 months, such as Malaysian working holiday makers (6+3 months extension), you can apply a visitor up to 3 times.

In some circumstances, you can apply for a 12 months visitor visa in a 24 months period.

Visitor Visa Application Checklist

Thanks to Realme, now a visitor visa can be done online. The visitor visa application is very simple. You need to provide the following details:

• A outbound ticket
• Or, an cceptable sponsor who can pay for your travel ticket out of New Zealand to a country you can enter.
• Or, sufficient fund to sustain your 3 months stay (Approximately NZD 3000) and the ability to buy a ticket to travel out to New Zealand.

More about visitor visa, please click HERE.

Can I Work With Visitor Visa

Can I Work With Visitor Visa? No. However, if you are interested in working with crops in New Zealand, you may change your visitor visa into Variation of Condition on Temporary visa.

Variation of Condition on Temporary Visa

What is Variation of Condition on Temporary Visa?
Variation of Condition on Temporary visa applies to a visa condition that no longer suits the holder’s need.

For example, if you are holding a visitor visa, and found a job related to crops, you can change your visitor visa to a temporary work visa which allows you to work up to 6 weeks.

For example, if you are holding a visitor visa, and you want to study for more than 3 months, you can apply for a variation of condition.
For more information about Variation of Condition visa, please click HERE.

Apply Visitor Visa Online

Now, New Zealand holiday makers are able to apply visitor visa online! Unlike the old times, we need to submit the application via courier, together with our passport. It is quite risky, what if our passport during the delivery? Now, worry no more, a image of your passport is all you need to apply your visitor visa.

Apply Visitor Visa Online

Applying visitor visa online is time saving, safe, and less expensive compare to the manual way. If you have a credit card, and all the documents are in electronic format, you are all set to go.

For more information, click HERE.

List Documents Needed Apply Visitor Visa

To apply a visitor visa, you need the below documents in electronic format:

1. Passport
2. Outbound ticket to a country that you can enter, or proof of sufficient fund in your bank. (It is fine, if you don’t have a outbound ticket on the day your submit your visitor visa application)
3. Fill out the application form.

Remark: A Realme user account is needed to apply visitor visa online.