You do not meet the criteria for the NZWHP and should not lodge an application. You must be aged 18-30 years inclusive. Your application must be stamped as received by the Canadian High Commission in Wellington prior to your 31st birthday or on or after your 18th birthday. The post marked date on the envelope is not applicable and you cannot lodge your application in person.

Yes. Work Permits may not be issued to exceed passport validities. As such, please ensure that your passport is valid for the time you wish to be in Canada. If you wish to proceed with a passport that has less than 24 months validity, you must state in your application that you intend to leave Canada before the expiry of your passport and that you have no objection to receiving a work permit of less than the full allowable duration. Write and sign this statement on the photocopy of your passport bio page that you submit with your application.

No. Please be advised that the NZWHP Section at the Canadian High Commission in Wellington or the Canadian Consulate General in Sydney cannot help you locate prospective employers. You may source an employer over the internet, recruitment agencies, newspaper or through your employer in your home country, if they have a parent company in Canada.

No. Your Letter of Introduction is valid for presentation at a Canadian Port of Entry for one year from the date of issuance and is not affected if you turn 31 within its validity period.

It is an offence under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to make a false declaration or to misrepresent a material fact. A finding of misrepresentation will prevent you from making an application to go to Canada for two years and may have serious consequences on this, or future attempts to enter Canada.

You will be interviewed by the Customs officer upon arrival to Canada and may be referred to Immigration for further assessment on whether you meet entry requirements under Canada''s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. If you are found to have a conviction that you did not declare on your application for the WHP Canada, you will be reported under the Act and asked to leave Canada immediately at your expense.

Depending on the circumstances you might be ineligible for the WHP Canada. Please include with your WHP Canada application a detailed written explanation why, where and when you were refused a visa to travel to Canada.

An application will be rejected if: it is unsigned or not signed in the same way as on your passport; is not an original ink signature (i.e: it cannot be signed by you, then faxed to Australia/New Zealand to be submitted); is incomplete; your passport page photocopy is unclear; the fee is incorrect or in an unacceptable form.

No, it will be processed in date received order.

Yes, but it must be an original application form with your ink signature.

Yes, but they will all be the same and can only be presented once to the Port of Entry.

No, Letters of Introduction will only be sent to your designated email account provided on your application form.

No. You can not enter Canada on a one way ticket. For holders of a Letter of Introduction issued under the WHP Canada you must be able to provide evidence of return or onward travel. This may be by plane, train, bus or boat to anywhere outside of Canada.

If you are successful in your application to the WHP, you will be issued with a Letter of Introduction (Letter of Introduction), which is valid for one year from the date it was issued (this is not your actual work permit). For example, if you are issued with a Letter of Introduction on the 1st of March 2007, you would have to enter Canada before March 1, 2008. Upon your entry to Canada, when you present this letter, the Port of Entry Officer has the discretion to grant you up to 12 months on your working holiday work permit. NOTE: work permits may not be issued to exceed the validity of your passport. As such, be sure that your passport is valid beyond the period of time you wish to work in Canada.

You should present your valid Australian/New Zealand passport with your Letter of Introduction. The Port of Entry Immigration Officer may ask you for evidence of your AU$4000/NZ$4000 in available funds, in the form of your current bank statement, your credit card statement, travellers cheques or cash. You must carry this evidence with you or you may forfeit your chance to be issued a work permit for the maximum period of 12 months. Evidence of your funds will help to satisfy the officer that you will be able to establish yourself initially in Canada while you seek employment.

No. While the Work Permit allows you multiple entries in and out of Canada, the time on your Permit continues to elapse. Time cannot be "put on hold".

Australian Residents: AU$260

New Zealand Residents: NZ$310