Know all about New Zealand Visitor Visa

You can come to New Zealand along with your family as a visitor or tourist for holidays, to explore New Zealand or to visit friends & relatives. During your stay in New Zealand, you’ll need enough money to support yourself and everyone included in your application for the duration of your stay.

Are You A Citizen from a New Zealand Visa Waiver Country

If you are a citizen of visa waiver country (CLICK TO SEE LIST OF NEW ZEALAND VISA WAIVER COUNTRIES) then you might be able to travel visa free to New Zealand. You may not need to apply for a regular New Zealand Visitor Visa if you are visiting New Zealand for a short period, however you must request/apply an NZeTA before you travel if you are:

• a citizen of a country on the list of visa waiver countries and territories
• leaving for New Zealand on or after 1 October 2019, and
• visiting for up to 3 months — or if you are a British citizen, up to 6 months.

Know more about NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) HERE.

What a visitor visa allows

A visitor visa allows you to stay in New Zealand as a visitor for a limited amount of time. It allows you to:

• visit as a tourist;
• visit friends or relatives;
• play sport or perform in cultural events without pay;
• enter New Zealand to get married;
• undertake short-term study;

A visitor visa allows you to study one or more courses of up to a total of three months in each of the 12-month periods your visa is valid. 

School-aged visitor visa holders can attend a primary, intermediate, or secondary school for a single period of study of up to three months per calendar year provided the study finishes within that calendar year. You are also not permitted to study in term one of a school year if you held a visitor visa and undertook a single period of study in term four of the previous year.
If you want to study for longer than three months you will need to apply for a student visa.

WHO CAN BE INCLUDED IN YOUR VISITOR VISA APPLICATION:

1. Your Spouse;
2. Your all dependent children aged 19 and under;

Who is considered as “Dependent Child" for including in Visitor Visa application

Children aged 20 and over aren’t eligible to be included in their parents’ visa applications or to apply for a visitor or student visa based on their relationship to their parents. But they still may be able to join you in New Zealand if each child applies for a visa in his or her own right.

WHERE DO YOU SEND YOUR NEW ZEALAND VISITOR VISA APPLICATION AND DOCUMENTS

You have the option of either submitting an ONLINE APPLICATION or a “Paper Application Form with documents" delivering by courier or in person to your nearest New Zealand Immigration office or a Visa Application Centre (if you are overseas). 

Submitting Online Visitor Visa Application:

You can apply online for Visitor Visa. First you need to register for a New Zealand Government RealMe login account (Register for RealMe Login). You can see a video on how to apply for New Zealand Visas online by clicking HERE.

Submitting New Zealand Paper Visitor Visa Application:

Download New Zealand Visitor Visa Application Form (INZ 1017) from HERE. 

Download New Zealand Visitor Visa Application Form Guide (INZ 1018) from HERE.

HOW LONG CAN YOU STAY ON A NEW ZEALAND VISITOR VISA

You can visit New Zealand as a genuine tourist for up to 9 months in an 18-month period.

• The 18-month period is calculated backwards from the last day you intend to be in New Zealand.
• If the last day you’ll be here is 1 December, then your 18-month period will begin on 1 June of the year before.

DO I NEED RETURN OR ONWARD TICKET

Unless your visa label or letter says “Return/onward travel not required”, you must have either of the following:

• a return or onward travel ticket to a country you can enter or an
• an acceptable sponsor who can pay for your travel ticket out of New Zealand to a country you can enter.

If there is nothing printed on your Visa label or E-Visa regarding “Return or Onward Ticket" – then you MUST have a “Return or Onward Ticket for a country you are eligible to enter". 

CRITERIA FOR NEW ZEALAND VISITOR VISA

• You must show that you’re a genuine tourist or visitor and intend to leave New Zealand at the end of your stay.
  • evidence that you intend to return to your home country at the end of your stay.
  • evidence that you are genuinely visiting for the purpose of holidaying, sightseeing or visiting family or friends
  • evidence that you have incentives to return back to your home country
• You must have enough money to live on while you’re in New Zealand or have an acceptable sponsor.
  • If you do not have a sponsor you must provide:
    • evidence that you have NZ$1,000 per month for each person included in your application, or
    • evidence that you have NZ$400 per month for each person included in your application, and evidence that each person’s accommodation costs are already paid and;
    • evidence of onward travel arrangements.
  • What type of evidence of funds is acceptable for New Zealand Visitor Visa?
    Acceptable evidence of your funds includes:
    • bank statements in your name;
    • credit card statement in your name;
    • evidence of your parent/s wages or salary that meets the income threshold of NZ$43,322.76 (if you are the dependent child of a temporary work visa holder).
      You must not send cash or original evidence of funds.
• You must have a ticket to leave New Zealand or be sponsored for the cost of your onward/return travel.

What type of evidence of onward travel is acceptable?

Acceptable evidence of your onward travel includes:

• • actual travel tickets (confirmed or open-dated) out of New Zealand to a country which you have the right of entry to;
  • written confirmation from an airline or travel agency that onward travel has been booked and paid for;
  • anything that demonstrates a confirmed departure from New Zealand such as the confirmed departure of a yacht or private aircraft.

YOU NEED TO BE A GENUINE AND BONA FIDE VISITOR

One of the main requirements of Visitor Visa is the requirement to be ‘bona fide’ visitor, which means you genuinely intend a temporary visit to New Zealand. When INZ assess if you are a bona fide visitor, they consider all of the information that they have regarding you.
For example, they will consider:

• your personal circumstances, such as:
  • your family ties in your home country and New Zealand
  • personal, financial, employment or other commitments in your home country and New Zealand
  • any circumstances that might mean you may not want to return to your home country when any visa expires
  • information that they have about previous applications, such as whether you have previously overstayed or breached visa conditions
  • whether you have dependants who are unlawfully in New Zealand, and
  • your ability to leave or be deported from New Zealand to your country of citizenship.

INZ will consider all of the information you provide in support of your application but is not obliged to ask you for more. So, with evidence that you meet the particular requirements for the type of visa you are applying for, you should provide any evidence that you think demonstrates that you are a bona fide applicant.

How much does a visitor visa cost?

You need to pay an application fee and levies when you lodge your application unless you are not required to do so.
Visa application fees can change without notice and may be different depending upon how and from where you apply. 

Most people pay visa application fee by credit card (Mastercard, Visa or UnionPay).  Most of New Zealand Immigration Offices inside and outside New Zealand do not accept cash.

For up to date information about fees and levies: Check Visa Fee HERE.

How long does it take to get a decision on New Zealand visitor visa application?

Application processing time or decision time for New Zealand Visitor Visa applications vary depending upon how, where and from which city & country you apply. For example If you apply for a Visitor Visa for New Zealand from New Delhi, India ONLINE, then the decision time is within 28 days. You can know about the application Fee, Decision time and application receiving centres contact details applicable in your situation from HERE. 

Who needs to provide police certificates?

Depending on how long you plan to stay in New Zealand and the visa you apply for, you may need to provide police certificates to show your good character.

You must provide police certificates if you are:

• 17 years or older, and
• planning to stay for more than 24 months — this includes any time you have already spent in New Zealand.

Provide police certificates from any country you:

• are a citizen of, and
• have lived in for more than 5 years since you turned 17.

Click HERE to find out how to apply for a Police Certificate for a New Zealand visa.

Who needs a Chest X-Ray for New Zealand Visa

If you will stay for less than 6 months

If you will stay in New Zealand for less than 6 months, you normally do not need to get a chest x-ray unless you are applying for a Recognised Seasonal Employer limited visa, or we ask you to.

If you will stay for 6 months or more

If you will stay in New Zealand for 6 months or more, you must have a chest x-ray if you:

• are a citizen of a country that does not have a low incidence of tuberculosis (TB), or
• have spent more than 3 months in the last 5 years in a country that does not have a low incidence of TB.

COUNTRIES WITH A LOW INCIDENCE OF TB

if you will stay for more than 12 months

If you will stay for more than 12 months, you must have a chest x-ray no matter where you are from.

If you are applying for another visa while you are in New Zealand, the time you have already spent here counts towards the 12 months.

Different rules apply if you are applying for a student visa.

Who needs to get a medical examination

If you need to have a medical examination, you must use a panel physician and tell them what type of visa you are applying for.

If you will stay for less than 12 months

If you will stay in New Zealand for less than 12 months, you normally do not need to have a medical examination unless the visa you apply for will allow you to stay for more than 12 months, or we ask you to have one.

If you will stay for more than 12 months

You must have a medical examination if you will stay in New Zealand for more than 12 months.

If you are already in New Zealand, the time you have already spent here will count towards the 12 months.

Different rules apply if you are applying for a student visa.

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING VISITOR VISA PLEASE FIX AN APPOINTMENT WITH LICENSED IMMIGRATION ADVISERS OF VISA FACTORY LIMITED BY CALLING AT 09-889 1133 OR 020 47 47 47 7.

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