VISITOR VISA NEW ZEALAND

You can come to New Zealand as a visitor. During your stay, you’ll need enough money to support yourself and everyone included in your application. While you’re here, you can enjoy New Zealand’s scenery, adventure, culture, and friendly people.

Overview

DURATIONDepending on your plans, up to 9 months

With this visa you can

  • Visit friends and family, explore New Zealand or enjoy amateur sports, or adventure activity.
  • Study for up to 3 months.
  • Include your partner, and dependent children aged 19 and under, in your visa application.

Things to note

  • Check if you need to apply for a Visitor Visa – people from certain countries can travel to New Zealand without applying for a visa first, we call this travelling visa waiver.

Criteria:

You must genuinely intend to meet the conditions of your visa

When we decide if your intentions are genuine (bona fide), we consider all the information:

  • you provide to support your application
  • we have about your personal circumstances, and
  • any previous applications.

Funds or sponsorship:

You must have enough money to live on while you’re in New Zealand or have an acceptable sponsor

If you are sponsored, your sponsor must provide evidence they can look after you in New Zealand.

Health care: You must agree to pay your own health care costs

You must declare in your visa application that you’ll pay the costs of any health care or medical assistance you receive in New Zealand.

We recommend that you have full medical insurance for the length of your visit.

Immigration costs

Application cost

NZD $ 211

This is the fee for Immigration New Zealand to process your application.An immigration levy is payable and is included in the total amount above.

Receiving centre fees

Passport Fee

EUR € 45 Per Applicant After you apply online you must send us your passport. The passport fee is for the Visa Application Centre (VAC) to receive and handle your passport.

Processing:within 24 days

90% of applications are currently completed within this time. Timeframes are in calendar days.

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