The key way to ensure there is no delay to your application is to make sure your application is complete when you lodge it with Immigration New Zealand. If your application is not complete, it will fail our lodgement criteria and be returned to you.

Please use the checklists below to help you fill in your application form.

English

• Family resident visa checklist PDF [68KB]
• Guardian visa checklist PDF [122KB]
• Permanent resident visa, second or subsequent resident visa checklist PDF [196KB]
• Student visa checklist PDF [100KB]
• Transit visa checklist PDF [117KB]
• Visitor visa checklist PDF [93KB]
• Visitor visa for business visitors and conference delegates checklist PDF [85KB]
• Visitor visa checklist for sportspeople and support staff PDF [107KB]
• Visitor visa (short-term study less than three months) checklist PDF [87KB]
• Partnership-based temporary visa checklist PDF [95KB]
• Visitor visa crew joining vessel checklist PDF [118KB]
• Work visa checklist PDF [93KB]
• Work visa performance groups on tour checklist PDF [86KB]
• Work visa checklist for foreign fishing vessel crew group - up to 6 persons PDF [69KB]
• Work visa checklist for foreign fishing vessel crew group - 7 persons or more PDF [69KB]

Russian

• Перечни документов и полезная информация
• Work visa checklist for foreign fishing vessel crew group - up to 6 persons RUSSIAN PDF [133KB]
• Work visa checklist for foreign fishing vessel crew group - 7 persons or more PDF [69KB]

Note: When applying to travel over Christmas and New Year, please allow an extra month for processing. The checklists above advise the general processing times.