Spain Working Holiday Visa

2013/14 quota

The quota opened on 30 April 2013 at 10:00am New Zealand time and is now full. Further places will become available in May 2014.

To be eligible

You must:

• be a citizen of the Kingdom of Spain and have a passport from Spain that is valid for at least three months after your planned departure from New Zealand
• be at least 18 and not more than 30 years old
• not bring children with you
• hold a return ticket or sufficient funds to purchase such a ticket*
• have a minimum of NZ$4,200 available funds to meet your living costs while you are here
• meet our health and character requirements
• hold medical and comprehensive hospitalisation insurance for the length of your stay
• be coming to New Zealand to holiday, with work or study being secondary intentions for your visit
• not have been approved a visa under a Working Holiday Scheme before.

If you are already in New Zealand you also need to hold a valid temporary visa (or permit granted under 1987 Immigration Act).

*You are required to hold sufficient funds for the duration of your visit and for the purchase of an outward ticket from New Zealand. Such evidence may be requested on arrival at the border.

Health requirements

You will need to meet our health requirements for temporary entry to New Zealand. 

The online system will tell you whether you need to send us a completed Medical and/or Chest X-ray Certificate, and if so, how to do it, when you submit your application. This is based on the maximum length of stay that you are allowed under your country's Working Holiday Scheme (not your intended stay), along with your responses to our health requirements questions.

A Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) is required: If you are applying using the online application system from outside New Zealand you will be required to provide a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) PDF within 15 days of your application being submitted. You will receive full instructions in an automated e-mail shortly after submitting your application.

It will save you time if you book an appointment for your chest X-ray with a radiologist on our approved list of medical doctors and radiologists before you apply. Please note that making an appointment for a chest X-ray will not guarantee you a place. If you are not able to successfully lodge an application, the onus is on you to cancel the appointment.

Once you have successfully submitted your application, please do as follows:

• Get your chest X-ray and Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) form completed by a radiologist on our approved list of medical doctors and radiologists.
• Attach the radiologist’s report to this certificate. 
• Ensure that the radiologist’s report is in English. If the report cannot be provided in English, a certified translation from a recognised and independent translation servicemust be provided along with the original report. 
• Write your application number on the top right hand corner of this certificate. This number can be found in the automated e-mail referred to above. 
• Send the completed Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) together with the radiologist’s report to one of Immigration New Zealand’s nominated branches immediately so that the information is received within 15 days. 
• If abnormalities are present or indicated, the X-ray film/CD must also be sent with this certificate. If the X-ray is clear, you do not have to send the X-ray film/CD. If an X-ray film/CD is sent when not required, it will be destroyed.

If you have already provided this certificate with a previous application or are applying in New Zealand, and if a General Medical Certificate (INZ 1007) PDF and/or a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) PDF is required, you will receive full instructions in an automated e-mail shortly after submitting your application.

If you are applying manually using a paper-based application form you will be required to provide a General Medical Certificate (INZ 1007) and/or a Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1096) with your application.

Character requirements

You will need to meet our character requirements for temporary entry to New Zealand. 

Note: If we do have concerns about your character and require additional information, such as a police certificate, the processing of your application may be delayed.

When you are here

• You must not take up permanent employment (unless you apply for and are granted an ordinary work visa while you are here).
• You must not work for a period exceeding six months.
• You must not work for the same employer for more than three months.
• You can enrol in one or more courses of training or study of up to three months’ duration in total during your visit.
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