Sports Events Visitor Visa

• 1 acceptable photo if you apply online, or 2 photos if you use a paper application form.
• your passport or certificate of identity.

Acceptable photos

If you submit a paper application, provide your original passport or a certified copy.  We can usually process your application faster if you provide your original passport.

If you apply online, you must upload a copy of your passport when you apply. We will let you know if you need to send your passport after you've applied.

Sending your passport for online applications

You may need to have a chest x-ray, a medical examination or both as proof of your good health.

Who needs an x-ray or medical examination

Update on medical certificate requests on Immigration Online

You may need to provide police certificates as proof of your good character.

If you are aged 17 or older and plan to stay in New Zealand for more than 24 months (including any time you have already spent in New Zealand), you must provide police certificates from:

• any country you are a citizen of
• any country you have spent more than 5 years in since you turned 17.

You do not need to provide police certificates if:

• you have provided them to us with an earlier visa application, and
• they were issued in the previous 24 months.

Good character

How to get a police certificate

When we decide if your intentions are genuine (bona fide), we consider all the information:

• you provide to support your application
• we have about your personal circumstances, and
• you provided in any previous applications.

Genuine intentions to visit, study or work in NZ

Evidence that you are a genuine visitor

The evidence you need to provide will depend on your role.  If you’re a sports person, or support staff at a sports event, tour or tournament, you must provide evidence:

• of your role in the sports event
• that you’re essential to the success of the sports event, tour or tournament.

If you’re media or broadcasting personnel, you must provide evidence that you’re accredited by the international governing body of the event, or the New Zealand organising committee of the event.

You must have at least NZD $1,000 per month, or NZD $400 per month if you’ve already paid for your accommodation.

Evidence can include:

• proof of accommodation pre-payment, like hotel pre-paid vouchers or receipts
• bank statements
• credit card statements
• bank drafts
• travellers’ cheques
• a 'Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry' completed by an acceptable sponsor.

If you are sponsored:

Your sponsor must provide evidence they can look after you in New Zealand. Evidence can include:

• recent bank statements
• pay slips
• employment agreement
• accommodation ownership or payment of rent.

Criteria and process to become a sponsor

What sponsors must do while you are in New Zealand

Evidence can include:

• proof you have enough money to buy a ticket out of New Zealand, in addition to the funds you have to live on — do not buy your ticket until your visa has been granted or we tell you that your application is approved in principle
• a 'Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry' completed by an acceptable sponsor.

If you are sponsored, your sponsor must provide evidence they can look after you in New Zealand. Evidence can include:

• recent bank statements
• pay slips
• employment agreement
• accommodation ownership or payment of rent.

What sponsors must do – responsibilities and obligations

Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry (INZ 1025) PDF 414KB

You must declare in your visa application that you’ll pay the costs of any health care or medical assistance you receive in New Zealand.

You must provide evidence:

• of your relationship with your partner and dependent children, like a marriage certificate and birth certificates
• that your partner and dependent children meet the health, character and identity requirements for this visa, if necessary.

Partnership
Dependent children