Partnering with Visa Application Centres
We partner with Visa Application Centres to speed-up visa processing times and provide a better service for our customers.
Use our online system to apply for selected visas or check visa details. Get help to use our online services.
Log in here to apply for a visa as a dependent child. If you do not have an account, you can create one here.
You can request an NZeTA using our online web form.
Log in here to apply for a visa as a partner. If you do not have an account, you can create one here.
To submit an expression of interest, you will first need to create an account. Once you have done this, you can then log in and submit an EOI. You can also use your log in to check the status of your EOI.
Log in here to apply online for your Student visa. If you do not have an account, you can create one here.
If you are a current visa holder and provide your details to a third-party (such as a bank), they can use this information to verify your visa using the Visa Verification Service. Read this information before you login.
VisaView allows education providers to check the details of a student's current visa. View our detailed guides for VisaView.
VisaView allows New Zealand employers to check the details of a worker's current visa. View our detailed guides for VisaView.
Log in here to apply for your Visitor visa. If you do not have an account, you can create one here.
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Log in here to apply online for your Work visa. If you do not have an account, you can create one here.
To apply for one of these visas, you’ll first need to create an account. Once you have done this, you can then log in and apply. You can also use your log in to check your application status.
We partner with industry groups, education providers, employers and businesses to make it easier for migrants to come to New Zealand.
We work with industries such as tourism, construction and education to support their growth.
Tourism and international education are big export earners for New Zealand – they’re worth more than NZ $12 billion a year. The government aims to double this by 2025. Working with industry partners to facilitate migration will help reach that goal.
In 2013, we trialled a partnership initiative with selected education providers to speed up visa processing.
The partner education providers selected individual foreign students for ‘streamlined’ processing and took responsibility to ensure each student:
The partnership ran as a trial in 2014 with 25 education providers. We extended the trial in 2015. Participants needed to be:
Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students
INZ surveyed immigration professionals to find out what they wanted us to do better.
Although there was some support for an industry partnership, INZ will not be pursuing a more formal partnership at this time. In the meantime, we’ll continue to focus on improvements in the following areas:
INZ has an accredition option for entertainment industry employers. Accreditation allows entertainment industry companies to employ migrant workers without the need to seek case-by-case agreement with the relevant union, guild, or professional association.
Entertainment industry accreditation
INZ also maintains a list of approved arts or musical festivals and a list of approved music promoters. Performers and direct support staff attending approved festivals, or part of an act promoted by an approved promoter, can attend as visitors and don’t need to apply for a work visa.
Arts festival and music promoters
We work in partnership with the tourism industry to attract high-value visitors who will benefit New Zealand’s economy. We discuss the state of tourism and its future so we can plan together to cope with expansion.
We also work with a number of tourism industry partners to streamline visa processing for some categories of visitors.
More information on tourism partnerships
Essential Skills work visas can be granted for up to three years for lower skilled workers employed by an accredited labour hire company.
Accreditation is compulsory for labour hire companies in the construction sector in Canterbury seeking to employ workers on Essential Skills Work Visas.
Labour hire employer accreditation
INZ has also increased the duration of work visas and relaxed conditions for workers in the Canterbury region. This gives construction workers working on the Canterbury rebuild more flexibility to move between different employers, and to work for a longer period of time.
INZ works with the medical industry, using technology to speed up visa processing times.
We partner with Visa Application Centres to speed-up visa processing times and provide a better service for our customers.