Type of Application

Fee (NZ$)

Location of receiving office

A

New Zealand

B

Pacific or Sydney

C

Any other location

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Skilled Migrant Category

Paper form

500

500

500

Online

400

400

400

Investor 2 Category

Paper form

460

460

460

Skilled Migrant Category

(if invited to apply)

1400

1200

1800

Investor 2 Category

3400

3400

3400

Investor 1 Category

3400

3400

3400

Entrepreneur Category

2600

2600

2600

Family Category

700

700

1200

Parent Retirement Category

2600

2600

2600

Samoan Quota Scheme

600

600

-

Pacific Access Category

650

650

-

Family Quota Category

630

630

1130

Refugee Family Support Category

490

490

690

Residence from Work Category

700

-

-

Any other residence

700

700

1200

The residence application fees above are reduced by NZ$90 for citizens of Samoa (except for applications made under the Samoan Quota Scheme), and for applicants who, on or after 1 July 2003, have paid the fee for a long-term business visa or permit, Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, and Sports), or Long Term Skill Shortage List application. No one to whom this applies is entitled to more than a NZ$90 fee reduction on any single application.

Returning Resident's Visa

140

140

140

Confirmation of residence status under Regulation 11

80

-

-

Grant of second or subsequent residence permit

80

-

-

A second or subsequent residence permit may only be granted if the applicant was eligible for a returning resident’s visa (RRV) before their most recent arrival in New Zealand, and any RRV granted would still have been current on the date of their most recent arrival in New Zealand.

Visitor's permit or visa

130

100

130

Temporary Retirement Category

2600

2600

2600

Group visitor visa, per person

i Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei

-

-

60

ii Bangkok (Thai citizens only)

-

-

60

iii ADS

-

-

40

iv other

60

60

60

Student permit - Students Online via education provider

70

-

-

Student permit - other

200

-

-

Student visa

200

150

200

Work permit - work to residence

240

-

-

Work permit - partnership

280

-

-

Work permit - other

200

-

-

Work visa - work to residence

240

240

240

Work visa - partnership

280

280

280

Work visa - other

200

180

200

Working Holiday Scheme

120

-

120

Working Holidaymaker Extension Permit

120

-

-

Long Term Business Visa or Permit

2600

2200

2600

The work visa/permit fees above are reduced by NZ$90 for citizens of Samoa applying for a long term business visa/permit, or a work visa/permit under the Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture and Sports), and Long Term Skill Shortage List policies of Work to Residence Policy.

Student visa

200

150

200

Further student permit

200

-

-

Other

130

100

130

Visa to work for a Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)

200

180

200

Further permit to work for an RSE

200

-

-

Special direction fee

140

140

140

Reconsideration

140

-

-

Variation of Conditions

120

-

-

Request for Approval in Principle

180

-

-

Request for Supplementary Seasonal Employment (SSE) Approval in Principle

180

-

-

Transit visa

120

120

120

Group transit visa for Chinese nationals, per person

60

-

60

For residence permit granted under Section 35A of the Act

700

-

-

For temporary permit granted under Section 35A of the Act

260

-

-

Citizens of Fiji are exempted from the transit visa fee.

The residence application fees above are reduced by NZ$90 for citizens of Samoa, and for applicants who, on or after 1 July 2003, have paid the fee for a long-term business visa or permit, Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, and Sports), or Long Term Skill Shortage List application. No one to whom this applies is entitled to more than a NZ$90 fee reduction on any single application.

Appeal to Residence Review Board

i under Humanitarian category

700

-

-

ii other

700

-

-

Appeal to Removal Review Authority

700

-

-

Call out fee, where office is opened outside ordinary opening hours in order to process application or other matter as requested

210

210

210

Transfer fee, where permit or visa stamp or label is transferred from one passport or certificate of identity to another

80

80

80

Registration under Pacific Access Category

i first year's registration

50

50

-

ii second and subsequent years' registration

20

20

-

Registration under Refugee Family Support Category

i tier 1 queue registration or tier 2 ballot first year's registration

70

-

-

ii tier 2 ballot second and subsequent years' registration

50

-

-

Employer Accreditation under Talent (Accredited Employer) work policy

i first year's accreditation

1400

-

-

ii second and subsequent accreditation

400

-

-

Reconsideration of application from employer for accreditation

140

-

-

Investor Category - Business Plan (first, subsequent, or change of plan)

750

750

750

Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) status

700

-

-

Agreement to Recruit under RSE policy

180

-

-