E4.80 Payment of the fee

Immigration Act 1987s 150(b)
Immigration Regulations 1999 reg 42, Third schedule

1. Principal applicants must pay the fee specified for that type of application at the time the application is lodged, unless:
   1. the fee is waived by an officer with schedule 1 delegations, who has the authority to grant a special direction under section 149 of the Immigration Act 1987, or
   2. the principal applicant is a citizen of a country with which New Zealand has a fee waiver agreement covering visas or permits (see Immigration Regulations 1999, Reg 43(2)).
2. A receiving office is an NZIS office or MFAT post designated for receiving applications from particular countries (see Appendix 4).
3. The fee payable for an application is determined by the receiving office designated for receiving applications from the principal applicant’s country of citizenship.
4. If a principal applicant is resident in a country other than their country of citizenship, they may lodge their application at the office designated for receiving applications from the country in which they are residing, but the fee payable will be the fee for the office designated to receive applications from their country of citizenship.
5. If the principal applicant is in New Zealand and lodges an application in New Zealand, the fee payable for the application is the fee payable for applications lodged in New Zealand, regardless of the principal applicant’s citizenship.
6. Fees may be paid in cash or by bank or personal cheque, as well as by money order (from registered banks), credit card or EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale), if these forms of payment are acceptable to the NZIS branch office or MFAT office at which an application is lodged.
7. Cheques for applications lodged at NZIS offices in New Zealand should be made out to 'New Zealand Immigration Service'.
8. Fees for applications that may be lodged otherwise than on an approved form through NZIS Online Service may only be paid by means of either a MasterCard or Visa credit card.
9. Detailed information on fee amounts in New Zealand dollars is contained in Appendix 1.

Effective 01/07/2002