Transferring my visa to a new passport
If you have renewed your passport, you need to transfer your valid visa into your new passport before you use it to travel. This applies regardless of whether you have a physical visa label or an eVisa.
eVisas are visas that are issued by email. Visa labels are physical labels for your passport. Both are recorded against your passport in our system.
Immigration New Zealand recommends you request an eVisa, as this is the quickest way to transfer your visa to your new passport and there is no application fee.
You must inform us if you get a new passport issued so that your records can be updated and you can travel to and from New Zealand.
There is no application fee for an eVisa. There is a fee for a visa label.
Transfer an eVisa
To request a transfer of your eVisa, you need to give us:
- a certified copy of your old passport
- a certified copy of your new passport
- a completed Application for Transfer or Confirmation of a Visa (INZ 1023)
If you are unable to get certified copies, you can send your passport.
Download the Application for Transfer or Confirmation of a Visa form (1023) PDF 285KB
Transfer a visa label
To request a transfer of your visa label, you need to give us:
- your old passport or a certified copy
- your new passport
- a completed Application for Transfer or Confirmation of a Visa (INZ 1023)
- a processing fee
If more than one family member is requesting a visa transfer at the same time, a separate completed application form and a separate fee is required for each person requesting a transfer.
Download the Application for Transfer or Confirmation of a Visa form (1023) PDF 285KB
If you do not have your old passport
If your old passport was lost or stolen, a copy of a police report is required, showing that the loss was reported.
If your old passport was not returned to you with the new passport, provide a cover letter with your application advising this.
If your name has changed
If your name is different in your old passport, you will need to provide evidence of a name change — for example, a certified copy of your marriage certificate or a deed poll.
How to send your application
Within New Zealand
eVisa transfer applications containing certified copies can be sent to Immigration New Zealand postal addresses and do not need to be couriered.
Post to:
Immigration New Zealand
PO Box 76895
Manukau City
Auckland 2241
If you are applying for a physical visa label, you will need to supply your new passport. We recommend it is couriered with your application.
Courier to:
Immigration New Zealand
DX Box: EP71514
20 Fairfax Avenue
Penrose
Auckland 1061
We will post your passport back to you as soon as your visa transfer has been completed.
Outside New Zealand
If you are applying to transfer your eVisa or convert your visa label to an eVisa, you can use certified copies of your passport.
Applications with certified copies can be sent to your nearest New Zealand Visa Application Centre (VAC).
Find your nearest visa application centre or office outside New Zealand
If you are applying for a physical visa label, you need to supply your new passport, completed application and fee, with a pre-paid return courier bag to our New Zealand office. We recommend it is couriered.
Immigration New Zealand
DX Box: EP71514
20 Fairfax Avenue
Penrose
Auckland 1061
Do not send your application and passport to your local VAC. VAC do not process physical visa label transfer requests. Your passport and application will be returned to you unactioned.
Sending your documents will be at your own risk.
If you are a New Zealand citizen but also hold a foreign passport
A resident or permanent resident visa cannot be transferred into a new foreign passport if you have since obtained New Zealand citizenship (by grant or descent) or have been issued with an evidentiary certificate of citizenship. This is because a New Zealand citizen is not able to hold a visa under the Immigration Act 2009.
In order to use your foreign passport for travel, and still be allowed to return to New Zealand as a citizen, you should request a New Zealand Citizen Endorsement and not a transfer of visa.