Knowledge base articles

If you need to come to New Zealand for business purposes, you may be considered a business visitor. Find out here if you meet business visitor requirements.

Here you can find information about what to do when your temporary visa is due to expire and your resident visa application has not completed processing.

Information for those who hold multiple passports, and which passport should be used when entering New Zealand.

Find out about the time given to Resident Visa holders to enter New Zealand and activate their visa, if they are granted a Resident Visa while offshore.

Here you can find advice about whether or not you can travel to New Zealand as a visitor and submit a resident visa application after arriving.

New Zealand has working holiday scheme agreements with many countries. Here we discuss your options if your country is not on our list of available working holiday schemes.

Information for LIAs and lawyers on the information that the Immigration Contact Centre (ICC) is able to release

Information on how long a student visa may be granted for, and why it may be granted for a lesser duration

Find out what visas you can apply for if you are a religious worker, and how to apply for them.

Find out more information on processing times and whether an application can be prioritised.

Information about if you can travel outside of New Zealand and still hold your Resident Visa.

Information for removing the section 49 conditions from a resident visa.

Information about when you may be able to enter New Zealand on a one-way ticket, and when this is not possible.

Detailed advice about the status of a child born in New Zealand and what you need to do.

Find out how you can apply for a Working Holiday Visa.

Information about how Australian citizens and residents can come to New Zealand

Here you can find information about whether or not you need to be married to apply for a partnership-based visa.

Find advice here about what type of visa you can apply for to look after your child while they are studying in New Zealand.

Here you can find information about how to report someone to Immigration New Zealand.

Here you can find information about which types of visas can be applied for online.

Find out more about your visa options when coming to New Zealand for a sports event.

Find information here about how long your Skilled Migrant Category Expression of Interest will remain in the pool once you submit it.

Information regarding the correct place to contact when enquiring about obtaining New Zealand citizenship or a New Zealand passport.

Information about how to do seasonal work while in New Zealand.

Here you will find information on what requirements you must meet to enter New Zealand visa waiver and be granted a visitor visa upon arrival.

Find out here why your incomplete working holiday visa application will disappear from your online account and what to do from here

Find information here on when you can add your child to your existing visa application.

Find out what visa you can apply for if you are coming to New Zealand as a Tour Guide.

Advice on how to submit an online Expression of Interest including troubleshooting and payment issues.

Troubleshooting an online Expression of Interest.

Find out more about what Fijian travel documents Immigration New Zealand will accept for a visa application.

Examples of evidence that can be used to show your resident status in New Zealand.

Here you can find information about whether or not you are required to provide documents when you submit an Expression of Interest for the Skilled Migrant Category resident visa.

Find out more about whether absences from classes due to illness will affect your next student visa application

Find out more information on what application forms to use and if they will be accepted by Immigration New Zealand.

Find the definition of seasonal work for the purpose of Immigration New Zealand policy

Here you will find advice about whether you can apply for a Working Holiday visa while in New Zealand.

Information on what an open work visa is and how you may be eligible for one.

When you apply for a visa there may be times when you are required to provide evidence of your previous work experience. Find information here about what documents can be supplied as evidence of this.

Here you will find information about DNA testing and when it may be required for a visa application.

Find information here about who to contact if you want to obtain a New Zealand passport.

Details of what should be contained in a full birth certificate and some country-specific advice.

Find out here what is considered to be volunteering, and whether you can carry out volunteer work while in New Zealand on a temporary visa.