You can travel in and out of New Zealand for up to 2 years on most resident visas. If you want to extend this time you need to apply for a variation of conditions.
Most resident visas let you travel outside New Zealand as often as you like for up to 2 years — that is, you have multiple entry travel conditions.
You can find your travel conditions in your eVisa, on the visa label in your passport or explained to you in a letter we sent you.
If you travel from New Zealand to another country after your travel conditions have expired, your visa will expire too. You will not be allowed to come back to New Zealand unless you get another valid visa.
Apply to extend your travel conditions before you travel in and out of New Zealand if you:
Permanent residents can travel and return to New Zealand as often as they like. If you are eligible for permanent residence, you could apply for that instead of a variation to the travel conditions on your resident visa.
Depending on your situation, you can apply to extend your multiple entry travel conditions for 1 or 2 years. If we are not able to extend your travel conditions for 1 or 2 years, we may grant you an extension for 14 days.
You can apply to extend your travel conditions for up to 12 months if, in at least 1 of the 2 years before you apply, you spent 184 days or more living in New Zealand. We check our records to confirm this.
New Zealand tax residents can apply to extend their travel conditions for up to 12 months.
You are a New Zealand tax resident, if in the 2 years immediately before you apply for a variation of travel conditions:
Submit evidence of your tax residence status with your application including:
Confirmation of Tax Resident Status (INZ 1006) PDF 237KB
Only New Zealand tax residents can apply to extend their travel conditions. Some countries have double tax agreements with New Zealand. If you are considered by Inland Revenue to be a tax resident in another country because of a double tax agreement, we will not consider you to be a New Zealand tax resident.
You can only apply for a variation of your travel conditions:
You are normally granted the same travel conditions as the principal applicant, but there are some exceptions.
Non-principal applicant eligibility
When you apply you need to tell us why you want to extend your travel conditions and provide evidence to support your reasons for applying. This information helps us decide how long we will extend your multiple entry travel conditions for.
If you are seconded overseas as part of your New Zealand employment, you can apply to extend your travel conditions for 2 years. You can apply for this up to 4 times — this gives you a maximum of 8 years of multiple entry travel conditions.
With your application, include written confirmation from your employer:
You can apply to extend your travel conditions for 2 years if:
When you apply to extend your travel conditions, provide:
You can apply to extend your travel conditions for 2 years if you have been living with a New Zealand citizen in a genuine and stable relationship for at least 12 months.
When you apply to extend your travel conditions, provide evidence that:
If you are an Australian permanent resident or a citizen of Australia, you can travel in and out of New Zealand as often as you wish. Your New Zealand resident visa expires each time you leave.
You can apply to have multiple entry travel conditions added to your visa for up to 2 years if you:
You can apply online to extend or vary your travel conditions.
When you complete your application you will be asked to provide:
Providing your passport for online applications
Information valid as at 2024/01/29 17:06:37.401708 GMT+13