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Immigration New Zealand Operations Manual

Online Operations Manual

View the online Operations Manual.

 

The Operations Manual is also available online in printable form, using Adobe Acrobat‘s Portable Document Format. You need Adobe Acrobat to download these documents. Find out how to use or how to get Adobe Acrobat. To download the PDF documents:

  • right click on the section you wish to download
  • from the popup menu click on Save Link As (Netscape, Firefox) or Save Target As (Internet Explorer)
  • in the Save As window that appears, indicate a location to save the file
  • click on Save As or Save to save the file to the location you selected.

Downloadable Operations Manual

Downloadable sections Size
Administration PDF 546KB
Temporary Entry PDF 1352KB
Border Entry PDF 234KB
Investigations PDF 264KB
Limited Purpose Entry PDF 163KB
Refugees PDF 204KB
Residence PDF 1454KB
Appendices PDF 1404KB
Glossary of terms PDF 307KB

 

Policy Amendment Circulars

The INZ Operational Manual will be updated when policy changes. Notification of amendments will be posted here under amendment circulars.

 

Internal Administration Circulars

Internal administration circulars provide information for immigration staff on procedural and process issues. These are sent out as and when required. They are not part of the INZ Operational Manual.


Page Last Updated: 30 Nov 2009

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