2014-May 09: Acceptable forms

Visa Pak 161 - Guidelines to staff about acceptable forms when submitted by clients

Visa Paks

9 May 2014

Acceptable forms

INZ forms are amended to reflect changes to Immigration Instructions. Every time a form is amended, the date at the bottom of the form will change to indicate which version it is. INZ will continue to accept earlier versions of amended forms up to a certain date. This information can be found on the ‘Forms and guides’ page of the INZ website. Please refer below for the link.

Current

INZ has been advised that in some instances, forms are being returned to clients as being no longer acceptable because they are not the latest versions; however, the forms are still acceptable according to the INZ website. All INZ offices should be accepting forms as recorded on the spreadsheet found on the INZ website.

An application should not be ‘returned failed lodgements’ or returned as no longer being acceptable if the version of the form is still acceptable. In some instances INZ still accepts forms from 2010, or forms which may have 3 different versions.

The spreadsheet records the latest version of a form, previous versions still acceptable (until when), and previous versions no longer acceptable.

Action

Before returning an application, or part of an application because it appears to have been submitted on an old INZ form, please check the ‘Forms and guides’ page of the INZ website to ensure that the form can be accepted or not.

The Forms and Guides page can be found at: www.immigration.govt.nz/forms

(Dates are recorded month/year – a form can be accepted up to the last day of the month stated.)