R2.60 Payment of the fee and immigration levy

See also Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010, Regulation 26AAC

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 special direction by an appropriately delegated officer (see A15.5); or
   2. the principal applicant is a citizen of a country with which New Zealand has a fee waiver agreement covering visas (see A6.5); or
   3. the applicant is exempt from paying the application fee.
2. Principal applicants must pay the immigration levy specified for that type of visa application at the time the application is lodged, unless:
   1. the immigration levy is waived by special direction by an appropriately delegated officer (see A15.5); or
   2. the principal applicant is exempt from paying the immigration levy (see A6.11).
3. A receiving office is an INZ office or authorised New Zealand Visa Application Centre (VAC). Receiving Offices can be found on the INZ website.
4. The fee payable for an application is determined by the principal applicant's country of citizenship.
5. 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 determined by their country of citizenship.
6. 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.
7. Cash is not an acceptable form of payment, unless accepted by special direction by an appropriately delegated officer (see A15.5).

Note: Information about how to pay fees from different countries can be found on the INZ website at www.immigration.govt.nz/fees

Effective 24/06/2021