Working Holiday — New Zealand

You must be both a citizen of New Zealand and a habitual resident in New Zealand.

This also means that you must have a valid passport issued by New Zealand.

You must be at least 18 years old and no older than 31 years old at the time you submit your application for a Working Holiday residence and work permit.

The purpose of your stay must primarily be to be on holiday for an extended period of time and secondarily to work for the purpose of supplementing your travel funds.

Your limited work permit allows you to work for up to 6 months during a 12-months stay, but you must not work for the same employer for more than 3 months.

You can attend courses or an education for a maximum of 3 months of your stay.

Your work permit only grants you the right to carry out salaried work. This means that you are not allowed to work as an entrepreneur, i.e. you are not allowed to run your own business in Denmark.

If you have been on a working holiday stay in Denmark before, it is not possible for you to be granted a permit for a new working holiday stay.

The number of months is calculated from the number of months in which your employer reports payment of a salary. It is therefore irrelevant for how many days or hours in any given month you have been working.

If you work more than your limited work permit allows you to or if you work as an entrepreneur, the work will be considered as illegal work. Illegal work can, among other things, mean that your residence permit will be revoked.

Your family cannot apply for a residence permit to accompany you on your working holiday in Denmark.

You must document that you have sufficient funds equivalent to DKK 24,000. In addition, you must have a ticket to your home country or sufficient funds for this, equivalent to DKK 5,000.

This means that you must present either DKK 29,000 or DKK 24,000 + a ticket to your home country.

To document your funds, you can submit a bank statement that shows: Date of the statement (maximum 30 days old at the time of submission of application) Your full name Balance Currency

If you submit more than one bank statement, both statements must be from the same date.

Please note that we only accept documentation for liquid assets. This means assets that can quickly be realised into cash, which you have access to. Therefore, we do not accept restricted stocks, bonds or an investment portfolio as documentation.

A bank statement under another person's name (e.g. your parents), or a statement from others saying that your financial support is secured, will not be accepted as documentation either.

You must document that you hold both comprehensive medical and hospitalization insurance which is valid for the entire duration of your stay in Denmark.

If you are granted a Working Holiday residence and work permit, you are allowed to stay in Denmark for one year calculated from your date of entry. If your residence permit expires before you have stayed in Denmark for a full year, you can apply for an extension.

A residence permit can only be valid until 3 months before the expiry date of your passport.

If your passport has a shorter validity than the otherwise possible period of stay, your residence permit will be shortened accordingly. This means that the validity of your residence permit will be shorter than it could be. Once you have renewed your passport, you can apply for an extension of your residence permit – but no earlier than 3 months before your residence permit expires.

The permit can only be granted for the period during which your insurance is valid.

If you have submitted a return ticket as documentation of sufficient funds (equivalent to DKK 5,000) and the departure date is sooner than 1 year from the date of your residence permit, your permit will be shortened accordingly. This means that the validity of your residence permit will be shorter than it could be.

If you buy a new return ticket, you can apply for extension of your residence permit for up to 1 year from your date of entry into Denmark.

If you have been on a working holiday stay in Denmark before, it is not possible for you to be granted a permit for a new working holiday stay.