Fees in New Zealand dollars (30/07/2007)

- This is not current policy -

Fees in New Zealand dollars (30/07/2007)

All fees accepted in New Zealand dollars


Type of Application	Fee (NZ$) Location of designated Receiving Office
Type of Application	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 Category
Paper form	460	460	460

RESIDENCE

x* Skilled Migrant Category	1400	1200	1800
x* Investor Category	2600	2600	2600
x* Entrepreneur Category	2600	2600	2600
x* Family Category	700	700	1200
x Samoan Quota Scheme	600	600	-
x* Pacific Access Category	650	650	-
x* Family Quota Category	630	630	1130
x* Refugee Family Support Category	490	490	690
x* Residence from Work Category	700	-	-
x* Any other residence	700	700	1200
Returning Resident's Visa	140	140	140
Confirmation of residence status under Regulation 11	80	-	-

VISITOR


Visitor permit or visa	130	100	130
Group visitor visa, per person
Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei	-	-	75
Bangkok (Thai citizens only)	-	-	75
ADS	-	-	40
Other	80	80	80

STUDENT


Student permit
Students Online via education provider	70	-	-
Student permit - other	200	-	-
Student visa	200	150	200

WORK


Work Permit
** Work to Residence: Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, & Sports), and Long Term Skill Shortage List	240	-	-
Work Partnership	280	-	-
Other	200	-	-
Work Visa
i. ** Work to Residence: Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, & Sports), and Long Term Skill Shortage List	240	240	240
ii. Work Partnership	280	280	280
iii. Other	200	180	200
Working Holiday Scheme	120	-	120
** Long Term Business Visa or Permit	2600	2200	2600

LIMITED PURPOSE (visa or permit)

Student visa	200	150	200
Further Student permit	200	-	-
Other	130	100	130

TEMPORARY - Other

Special direction fee	140	140	140
Reconsideration	140	-	-
Variation of Conditions	120	-	-
Request for Approval in Principle	180	-	-
Section 35 A permit	200	-	-

OTHER


*** Transit visa	120	120	120
Appeal to Residence Review Board
i. 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 stamp or label is transferred from one passport or certificate of identity to another	100	100	100
Registration under Pacific Access Category
first year's registration	50	50	-
second and subsequent year's registration	20	20	-
Registration under Family Quota Category
first year's registration	70	-	-
second and subsequent year's registration	50	-	-
Registration under Refugee Family Support Category
tier 1 queue registration or tier 2 ballot first year's registration	70	-	-
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	-	-
iii. 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	1400	-	-
Agreement to Recruit (ATR) under Recognised Seasonal Employer policy	120	-	-

Notes:

^ Pacific means Apia, Nuku'alofa, Suva or MFAT Posts in Tarawa, Honiara, Port Vila, Port Moresby, Niue and Rarotonga.

* Samoan citizens and persons applying under the residence policy for Victims of Domestic Violence are entitled to a $90 fee reduction on applications for residence. No one to whom this applies is entitled to more than a $90 fee reduction on any single application.

x Any residence applicant who, on or after 1 July 2003, has paid the fee specified in the table above for a long term business visa or permit, Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, & Sports), or Long Term Skill Shortage List (formerly Priority Occupations List) application is entitled to a $90 reduction of their residence application fee. No one to whom this applies is entitled to more than a $90 fee reduction on any single application.

** Citizens of Samoa are entitled to a $90 fee reduction on all applications for long term business visas and permits and work visas and permits under the Talent and Long Term Skill Shortage List (formerly Priority Occupations List) work policies. No one to whom this applies is entitled to more than a $90 fee reduction on any single application.

*** Citizens of Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Nauru, Vanuatu, Samoa, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea transiting through New Zealand on their way to or from one of the Pacific Island destinations listed in N2.5 are exempted from the transit visa fee.

Effective 30/07/2007