We publish immigration announcements, media releases, and stories about some of the people who work at INZ. Common topics have information to help answer questions on visas and immigration processes.

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Immigration New Zealand is the operational processing arm of New Zealand’s immigration system. Our ambition is to provide a trusted, world class immigration service for all our customers.

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We work with international organisations and industry partners to improve border security and make immigration easier. We lead government strategy designed to help migrants settle in New Zealand.

Immigration laws and policies set the rules for people who want to visit, work, study, live, start a business, or invest in New Zealand.

We gather data on all people who come to New Zealand. This helps us create immigration and settlement policies and strategies. We also run monthly customer experience surveys.

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We have online systems that allow migrants to apply for visas, employers and education providers to check who can work and study in New Zealand, and for doctors to send us medical information.