R5.90 Migrant levy

Immigration Regulations 1999 reg 45

1. All successful principal applicants and accompanying family members under:
   1. Family Category (except citizens of Samoa and people applying on the basis of their relationship to a person granted residence under the special policy for refugees), and
   2. General Skills Category, and
   3. Skilled Migrant Category, and
   4. Residence from Work Category, and
   5. Investor Category, and
   6. General (Active) Investor Category, and
   7. Professional Investor Category, and
   8. Global Investor Category, and
   9. Investor 1 Category, and
   10. Investor 2 Category, and
   11. Entrepreneur Category, and
   12. Entrepreneur Plus Category, and
   13. Employees of Relocating Businesses Category, and
   14. Family Quota Category (except citizens of Samoa and people applying on the basis of their relationship to a person granted residence under the special policy for refugees), and
   15. Pacific Access Category, and
   16. Special residence policy for Zimbabwean citizens, and
   17. Parent Retirement Category,

   must pay a migrant levy, unless in the case of a Skilled Migrant Category application, the migrant levy has already been paid prior to a visa or permit being issued or granted as a consequence of a decision under the Work to Residence (Skilled Migrant Category) Policy.

2. The migrant levy for applicants under the General Skills Category, Skilled Migrant Category, the Residence from Work Category, the Investor Category, the Entrepreneur Category, the Entrepreneur Plus Category, Employees of Relocating Businesses Category, General (Active) Investor Category, the Professional Investor Category, the Global Investor Category, the Investor 1 Category, the Investor 2 Category, the Parent Retirement Category, the Family Category, the Family Quota Category and the Special residence policy for Zimbabwean citizens is NZ$306.67 for each person aged 5 and over, and NZ$153.33 for each person under 5 years of age whose residence visa is issued or residence permit is granted. The maximum migrant levy payable per family for one application is the sum of the migrant levy amounts payable by the oldest four family members included in the application.
3. The migrant levy for applicants under the Pacific Access Category is NZ$153.33 for each person whose residence visa is issued or residence permit is granted. The maximum migrant levy payable per family for one application is the sum of the migrant levy amounts payable by the oldest four family members included in the application.

Effective 01/10/2010