The first step towards New Zealand Global Impact Visa is to accepted into Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF). The selection for Fellowship is a twice a year event and the successful applicants are issued a Letter of Offer to invite them to apply for Global Impact Visa. Those who receive the Letter of Offer from EHF can live and work in New Zealand on a three-year open work visa. If the applicant has stayed in New Zealand for more than 30 months as an EHF fellow, he/she becomes eligible to apply for the permanent visas of New Zealand.