Entry permission
You must apply for entry permission when you arrive in New Zealand. You can do this by completing an arrival card, which you are given on the way to New Zealand.
You can be refused entry permission if:
- you don’t meet our character requirements
- you refuse to let us to take your photo or to provide us with your fingerprints or an iris scan, if asked for them.
- You provide false or misleading information in a visa application, to an immigration officer or on any part of your arrival card