Check or change your visa conditions
Find out about the conditions or rules of having New Zealand visas, and what to do if you need to change your conditions.
What visa conditions are
Visa conditions are the rules you must follow when you have a New Zealand visa. They describe the things you can and cannot do on your visa.
Different visas have different conditions. You must meet all your visa conditions.
Warning
It is an immigration offence if you, your employer, or your sponsor do not meet the visa conditions.
Where to find your visa conditions
You can find your visa conditions:
- in your eVisa
- on the visa label in your passport, if you have a label
- in the letter we sent you when we gave you the visa
- online using the Visa Verification Service.
Check online using the Visa Verification Service
To check your visa conditions online, use our Visa Verification Service.
- Log into the Visa Verification Service — you can create a
account here if you do not already have one. - Enter your passport details and visa start date.
Log into the Visa Verification Service - RealMe login
Note
You can give permission for a third party (someone else) such as a bank or travel agent, to check your visa details in the Visa Verification Service.
Visitor visa conditions
Check what conditions you may have on a visitor visa, and how to apply to change them.
Check or change your visitor visa conditions
Note
If you are travelling with a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA) or an Australian passport, your visa conditions will depend on the visa we give you when you arrive. Check our NZeTA information to find about these visas.
Student visa conditions
Your student visa will normally have conditions on what you study, where you study, and if you can work. Find out about these conditions and what you can change.
Work visa conditions
If your work visa has conditions and things change — such as the job, where you work or if you lose your job — you may need to apply for a variation of conditions, a Job Change or a whole new work visa.
Check or change your work visa conditions
Note
If you are working on a working holiday visa or a partnership work visa, you do not need to let us know about any changes to your job.
Resident visa conditions
If you want to travel outside New Zealand and your travel conditions have expired, or will expire soon, you may be able to extend your resident visa travel conditions or apply for a Permanent Resident Visa.
Interim Visa conditions
If you are waiting for our decision on a visitor, work or student visa, we may have given you an Interim Visa. Check what the conditions are on this visa.
Skilled Migrant Category Interim Visa conditions
If you are waiting for our decision on your Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa, we may have given you a Skilled Migrant Category Interim Visa. Check what the conditions are on this visa.