Au pair visa for New Zealand: reopening dates!
During the pandemic, New Zealand closed its borders completely. Now borders have been opened again and au pairs can start applying for the Working Holiday Visas on a rolling basis. Find out when is the opening date for your country.

Applying for a Working Holiday Visa to become an au pair in New Zealand is now possible for lots of countries and it will be possible soon for a lot of more countries. The visa quota might be allocated within a few hours on a "first come, first served" basis so hurry up, start looking for a family now and apply for your visa as soon as you've found one.
Country | Start date | Available places |
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Argentina | 30 August 2022 | 1000 |
Austria | 4 May 2022 | 100 |
Belgium | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Brazil | 18 August 2021 | 300 |
Canada | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Chile | 6 September 2022 | 940 |
China | 30 June 2022 | 1000 |
Croatia | 10 August 2022 | 100 |
Czech Republic | 31 May 2022 | 1200 |
Denmark | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Estonia | 30 March 2022 | 100 |
Finland | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
France | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Germany | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Hong Kong | 5 April 2022 | 400 |
Hungary | 20 April 2022 | 100 |
Ireland | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Israel | 7 June 2022 | 200 |
Italy | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Japan | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Latvia | 24 May 2022 | 100 |
Lithuania | 7 July 2022 | 100 |
Luxembourg | 10 May 2022 | 50 |
Malaysia | 16 March 2022 | 1150 |
Malta | 6 July 2022 | 50 |
Mexico | 22 March 2022 | 200 |
Netherlands | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Norway | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Peru | 11 August 2022 | 100 |
Philippines | 31 March 2022 | 100 |
Poland | 11 May 2022 | 100 |
Portugal | 17 March 2022 | 50 |
Singapore | 14 June 2022 | 200 |
Slovakia | 3 May 2022 | 100 |
Slovenia | 7 April 2022 | 100 |
South Korea | 17 May 2022 | 3000 |
Spain | 21 April 2022 | 200 |
Sweden | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Taiwan | 23 June 2022 | 600 |
Thailand | 14 July 2022 | 100 |
Turkey | 21 July 2022 | 100 |
United Kingdom | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
United States of America | 14 March 2022 | unlimited |
Uruguay | 13 September 2022 | 200 |
Vietnam | 4 August 2022 | 100 |