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

470.22

460

460

Skilled Migrant Category

(if invited to apply)

1431.11

1200

1800

Investor 2 Category

3475.56

3400

3400

Investor 1 Category

3475.56

3400

3400

Entrepreneur Plus

2657.78

2600

2600

Entrepreneur Category

2657.78

2600

2600

Family Category

715.56

700

1200

Parent Retirement Category

2657.78

2600

2600

Samoan Quota Scheme

613.33

600

-

Pacific Access Category

664.44

650

-

Refugee Family Support Category

500.89

490

690

Residence from Work Category

715.56

-

-

Any other residence

715.56

700

1200

The residence application fees above are reduced by NZ$92 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$92 fee reduction on any single application.

Returning Resident's Visa

143.11

140

140

Confirmation of residence status under Regulation 11

81.78

-

-

Grant of second or subsequent residence permit

81.78

-

-

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

132.89

100

130

Temporary Retirement Category

2657.78

2600

2600

Group visitor visa, per person

i Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei

-

-

60

ii Bangkok (Thai citizens only)

-

-

60

iii ADS

-

-

40

iv other

61.33

60

60

Student permit - Students Online via education provider

71.56

-

-

Student permit - other

204.44

-

-

Student visa

204.44

150

200

Work permit - work to residence

245.33

-

-

Work permit - partnership

286.22

-

-

Work permit - other

204.44

-

-

Work visa - work to residence

245.33

240

240

Work visa - partnership

286.22

280

280

Work visa - other

204.44

180

200

Working Holiday Scheme

120.00

-

120

Working Holidaymaker Extension Permit

122.67

-

-

Long Term Business Visa or Permit

2657.78

2200

2600

The work visa/permit fees above are reduced by NZ$92 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

204.44

150

200

Further student permit

204.44

-

-

Other

132.89

100

130

Visa to work for a Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)

204.44

180

200

Further permit to work for an RSE

204.44

-

-

Special direction fee

143.11

140

140

Reconsideration

143.11

-

-

Variation of Conditions

122.67

-

-

Request for Approval in Principle

184.00

-

-

Request for Supplementary Seasonal Employment (SSE) Approval in Principle

184.00

-

-

Transit visa

122.67

120

120

Group transit visa for Chinese nationals, per person

61.33

-

60

For residence permit granted under Section 35A of the Act

715.56

-

-

For temporary permit granted under Section 35A of the Act

265.78

-

-

Citizens of Fiji are exempted from the transit visa fee.

The residence application fees above are reduced by NZ$92 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$92 fee reduction on any single application.

Appeal to Residence Review Board

i under Humanitarian category

715.56

-

-

ii other

715.56

-

-

Appeal to Removal Review Authority

715.56

-

-

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

214.67

210

210

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

81.78

80

80

Registration under Pacific Access Category

i first year's registration

51.11

50

-

ii second and subsequent years' registration

20.44

20

-

Registration under Refugee Family Support Category

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

71.56

-

-

ii tier 2 ballot second and subsequent years' registration

51.11

-

-

Employer Accreditation under Talent (Accredited Employer) work policy

i first year's accreditation

1431.11

-

-

ii second and subsequent accreditation

408.89

-

-

Reconsideration of application from employer for accreditation

143.11

-

-

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

766.67

750

750

Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) status

715.56

-

-

Agreement to Recruit under RSE policy

184.00

-

-