The only costs come after you have been offered and accepted a role. This will include the cost of your Working Holiday Visa in your country of choice (see visa information below). In addition to that will be the cost of your airfare. That can be a one way airfare there, with a return trip and routing to be determined by you while away. You may also choose a roundtrip airfare and depending on the airfare you may have the flexibility to change your return date and routing home. Once you arrive, you will be responsible for your accommodation and other costs like mobile phone plan, transportation while there, groceries, hospitality/entertainment/travel.

EnvoyGolf will coordinate flights with our preferred airline partners. These flights with top tier airlines will be at competitive prices, one way or return. We recommend all participants allow us to book and coordinate these flights. We use a dedicated travel management company that we have worked with for a number of years. In the event of any issues, flight cancellations, or delays, they will be able to assist you. While cheaper online tickets may be available, they are often through 3rd party providers that you cannot contact in the event of an issue. With ongoing challenges with international flights, we believe booking through our agent is the best option for you.

We strongly recommend that you do as it provides you with the best chance to present yourself as a potential employee. It provides the potential employers with a much greater insight into you as a person and they use these videos to select who

they bring forward to interview.

With this programme, we recruit people into roles in different countries to where they live. So the first step is to ensure that someone is eligible for the relevant visas to allow them to work in those countries. Once this is established and confirmed, we then release specific job listings and locations in those countries where they are eligible to work. If someone does not have the right to work in the

countries where we hold jobs, then unfortunately we cannot assist them.

This will be dependent on the location and your preference. Some golf clubs do provide dedicated accommodation, but most do not and accommodation alternatives will vary from location to location. So you may choose to live with others doing what you are doing or find a room in a shared apartment or house through various accommodation platforms like Flatmates.com.

Check your eligibility for a Working Holiday Visa by country:

See further down page under 'Visa Eligibility'

You should still register with us and provide your details, resume and Hinterview, as there may be other potential visa options available and we will contact you, if that applies to you and there are relevant job opportunities.

Yes, once your right to work has been established for one or more countries, we will release jobs to you for any of those countries for which you can apply.

You can contact either your employing golf club or us here at EnvoyGolf and we will assist in whatever way we can. At the start of your employment, we will also ask you to provide an Emergency contact from back home and suggest you provide our contact details to your family or other contacts in case they are unable to make contact with you for any reason.

What you do with your free time is entirely up to you! With a regular schedule, you will be able to travel and explore the country you’re working in during your time off if you desire to do so. Adventure awaits!

If you decide you would like to stay longer term and explore the opportunity to gain full-time ongoing employment, then you should contact your employing golf club and/or us here at EnvoyGolf. Your ability to stay longer on a full-time basis will depend on your eligibility for relevant visas that will allow you to do that.

The amount of time you wish to work is up to you and employers. The Working Holiday Maker Visa or equivalent determines the maximum duration you are eligible to work in a particular country and employer. The conditions of the visas vary from country to country. It is your choice whether to take advantage of the entirety of the visa or stay for a shorter time period. Though the longer you stay and work, the greater your income and experience in working and living in another country.

The purpose of the orientation pack is to provide you information which will assist you to make the most of your working and living in a different country, with a different employer and living circumstances and will cover such matters such as:

• Key differences between your home country and where you are, like which side of the road you drive on, road rules, things to watch out for in the wild and must do things, which are there to enjoy.
• Information about the working environment and expectations.
• Transportation options, to and from work and generally.
• Banking, phones, internet.
• Any government agency interactions, regarding how you get paid tax and any other interactions relevant to the particular country you are working in.

That will vary depending on the clubs and staffing needs. A typical range will start at the beginning of May and generally last until the end of September, but this is subject to both the club’s and your availability.

Yes, most clubs will provide the opportunity to earn overtime on Saturdays and Sundays. These rates again will vary, especially if over public holidays and conditions will vary from country to country.

This is usually available depending on the reason, such as for medical appointments. The ability to request additional time off typically becomes more available when a good mutually beneficial working relationship has been established between you and your employer.

Public transportation in most cities is good and easy to use, but less so in smaller regional centres. You might choose to consider obtaining a car on a subscription/rented basis depending on your location.

Usually, a full driver’s license from your home country is sufficient for short term stays, but some countries may require you to also hold an international license.

Age : 18-30

Stay : 12 - 24 months

Processing time: 5-8 weeks once applied

Cost : $161 + $100 for work holiday permit

Must have at east $2,500 CAD in bank account

Process: 

Step 1: Create a personal account - here

• To do so select ‘dont have an account’ and register with a GCKey 

Step 2: Starting your International Experience Canada (IEC) profile

• Sign into your account using your GCKey and select ‘IEC’ (International Experience Canada) to start candidate process
• It will ask you to complete a questionnaire - this is to ensure you are eligible to apply for international experience Canada. See link to questionnaire here
• Once completed it will ask to complete your IEC profile. Do to this click ‘continue’ on the webpage
• For this you will need: Passport, identity information (name, DOB, place of birth) and contact information

Step 3: Selecting your ‘pool’

• Once your profile is completed it will ask you to select which pool you want to be in. For your case please select ‘Working Holiday Visa’

**After submitting:

• Now you have submitted your Profile to ‘Working Holiday Visa’ you must await an ‘invitation to apply’ or an ‘ITA’. 
• They will use your profile to consider whether you are an acceptable candidate for the IEC program
• Note you may need to provide them additional information such as biometrics tests in which you will be notified by immigration via email
• The invitation is called an ‘ITA’ or Invitation to Apply.

Step 4: Accepting the invitation:

• You should now have an email asking you to check your account - this will ultimately show whether you have been accepted to apply
• Note: You have 10 days only to accept the invitation and continue your application process

** Steps to accept Invitation:

• Log into account on Immigration website
• Go to the section “Continue my profile - application not yet submitted”
• Next find the application called ‘Work Permit’ and start application
• Now you have accepted your invitation. In doing so you have subsequently begun applying for a work permit - you will have 20 days to complete this online. 

Step 5: Applying to Open Work Permit:

• Once you have started the application it will ask you to ‘Complete the Online Form’

Please note the following:

• Upon completing online form it will give you a personalised checklist of documents you have to gather. This can be seen on your ‘Document checklist page’
• Simply gather each of these documents and upload to your ‘checklist page’. It will tick off each document once you have uploaded it.

Step 6: Pay the Fees

• Once you have uploaded all documents. Pay the fees, before submitting.
• Total Cost = $261 CAD ($161 + $100)

Step 7: Final Submission

Now you have:

• Created an account
• Been accepted to apply
• Uploaded all documents
• Paid the fees

Now you can ‘Submit your complete application’

You will receive a ‘Port of Entry’ letter of introduction. Take this when traveling to Canada - Border Patrol will make a final decision upon entry. Letter is valid for 1 year

Age: 18-30

Duration: 1 year

Cost: $380 (Free for those from NZ)

Processing time: 1-2 months

Requirements to obtain visa: 

In order to apply, you will need a acquire the following:

• Valid passport with sufficient expiry date
• Passport photo complying with the photo guidelines issued by the police or a photograph retrieval code you received from a photo shop.
• Colour copies of the passport page containing personal data and of all passport pages that contain notes
• Document showing you are legally staying in Aus/NZ
• Funds of 2,000 Euro
• Copy of return ticket or bank statement showing sufficient funds
• Health insurance (NZ only)

Process:

Step 1: Make an account

• Create a new account using this link
• Scroll down to ‘login’ and select ‘No Account? Create a new account’. 

Step 2: Fill in Electronic Application - link

• Note: Make sure to enter your email address into your application so that you can receive automated messages throughout the processing stage

Step 3: Pay the fees:

• Pay the fees for your application in the online service ‘Enter Finland’, at a ‘Finnish mission’ (embassy or consulate) or at a ‘service point of the Finnish Immigration Service’.

Step 4: Visit local embassy

• After applying, you must show your passport to a local Finnish Embassy to verify your identity. They must verify your passport before they can review or accept your application

Step 5: Await approval

• Immagration will notify you when your application has been approved. This is done in the form of email, text or through your personal account status

Age: 18-30

Duration: 1 year

Cost: SEK 1,500 + must show initial bank balance of SEK 15,000

Requirements to obtain residence permit for a working holiday: 

• Passport with sufficient expiry date
• Bank statement showing SEK 15,000
• Copy of return ticket or bank statement showing sufficient funds
• Documents showing valid health insurance (For NZ only)

Process:

Step 1: Make an account online by using this link

• As you won't have an account. Please select ‘username and password’ and select ‘create new account’. 

Step 2: Apply for a E-service for a working holiday - link

• Note: once applied - you may have to supply your passport to a local Sweedish embassy before they can accept your application. Cases such as those who have previously visited Sweedet may not be required to provide their passport.
• Immigration services will notify you after your application as to whether you are required to show your passport as well as how and when you should do so. 

Step 3: Checking on your submission

• You can check that your application has been registered with the Swedish Migration Agency or whether you have received a decision on the page Check your application.

Step 4: Once your decision has been made:

• Online it will only show whether a decision has been made - to see whether you have been accepted you will have to visit the embassy you elected during your application. 
• You must take your passport with you when you go to get your decision.
• If accepted you will receive residence permit card of up to 1 year
• At the embassy they will also take your photograph and fingerprints 

Step 5: Arriving in Sweden:

• Present your residence permit and passport to border patrol
• Here they will give you a residence permit card - which further contains your photograph and fingerprints 
• This will be your proof of permission to live in the country

Age : 18-30

Duration : 1-2 years

Cost : $259 + healthcare: $470 p.a

Processing time : 3 weeks 

Must have: $2,530 in saving

Process:

• Complete application form
• Visit visa application centre and get biometrics

Note: They may hold passport, etc. until application is approved

• Pay visa and healthcare fee