Chinese crazy for New Zealand's visa program  

新西蘭開放申請打工度假簽證 中國網友刷爆網站

據新西蘭天維網報道，8日是新西蘭2014/15年度打工度假簽證向中國申請者開放的日子。新西蘭時間8日上午10點(北京時間6點)，搶奪打工度假簽證(working holiday visa，簡稱WHV)的“戰役”正式打響。或許是汲取了去年所有名額被“秒殺”的教訓，大量申請者早早開始刷新網頁等候開放申請，令移民局網站“不堪負荷”， [查看全文]

(ECNS)— The official website of Immigration New Zealand crashed on Tuesday morning, when the country opened its 2014-15 working holiday visa (WHV) quota applications to Chinese citizens, according to skykiwi.com, a Chinese-language website based in New Zealand.

New Zealand has launched a China Working Holiday Scheme, which allows 1,000 Chinese citizens, 18 to 30 years old, to come to New Zealand for up to 12 months.

The annual quota opened for applications at 10am local time (6am in Beijing). But many people complained online that they couldn't open the official website half an hour before the opening.

The website was overloaded for hours, but some netizens were lucky enough to file the application. One netizen said on his Weibo that he had gotten in and made the payment.

By 3pm in Beijing, the quota for Chinese was full, according to the immigration website.