Camp America New Zealand

So what happens next?

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We have outlined the application and placement process for you below - so you know where you are in the whole scheme of things.

  • Register at www.mycampamerica.com
  • Log back in once you receive your password and fill in your Application for Interview form (let us know if you don't get your email - and check your junk folder)
  • Make your first payment online (or defer payment till interview) so that your application can be viewed
  • Select an interviewer near you - email them a quick intro
  • Download your reference forms, police check form and OT agreement and read the Terms and Conditions - be sure to check the reference criteria
  • Schedule your interview online and then confirm it
  • Upload some activity photos and your portrait photo - Camps LOVE these
  • Upload your references and take the originals to your interview for verifying
  • Attend your interview ensuring you take everything requested in your Interview Email (see messages in your www.mycampamerica.com page
  • Add more detail to your application form online as discussed with your interviewer - and you'll have some extra questions to answer
  • Finish uploading references and photos if you have not done so already
  • Add a video about yourself - this will dazzle the Camp Directors when they hear your Kiwi accent!
  • Once completed your application will be submitted via cyberspace to the UK and USA offices where it will be approved and then camps will start looking at it
  • Complete your Medical Form (from your www.mycampamerica.com site)
  • Pay your 2nd deposit to show Camp America you are serious about being placed
  • Keep checking your messages and status online
  • Once placed the details of your camp will show online
  • You will need to pay your last payment - medical insurance online
  • Travelcafe will contact you regarding suggested flights - which you can change to allow for travel after camp etc
  • Check with your camp about how to get from the nearest airport (which Travelcafe will know) to camp
  • If your camp would like you to go to the Camp America Hotel in NJ make your hotel booking through your www.mycampamerica.com site after April
  • Make your visa appointment
  • Attend your visa interview
  • Fly to camp!