Fees in New Zealand dollars (28/02/2006)

- This is not current policy -

Fees in New Zealand dollars (28/02/2006)

All fees accepted in New Zealand dollars


Fee (NZ$).........................
Location of designated Receiving Office
Type of application	A New Zealand	B Sydney, Apia, Nuku’alofa, or Suva	C Any other location
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Skilled Migrant -
i. paper form	460	460	460
ii. online	300	300	300
Investor Category -
i. paper form	460	460	460
RESIDENCE
x* Skilled Migrant	800	800	1500
x* Business investor	1700	1700	1700
x* Entrepreneur	1700	1700	1700
x* Family	700	700	1200
x Samoan quota	600	600	-
x* Pacific access	650	650	-
x* Family quota	630	630	1130
x* Refugee family quota	490	490	690
x* Residence from Work	700	-	-
x* Any other residence	700	700	1200
Returning resident's visa	100	100	160
Confirmation of residence status under Regulation 11	80	-	-

VISITOR

Visitor permit or visa

120

Group visitor visa, per person
i. Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei
ii. Bangkok (Thai citizens only)
iii. ADS

iv. Other

-
-
-

75
75
40

120

STUDENT

Student permit:

i. Students Online via education provider

ii. Student permit - other

120

Student visa

140

200

WORK

Work Permit -
i. ** Work to residence: Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, & Sports), and Long Term Skill Shortage List	180	-	-
ii. Other	120	-	-
Work Visa -
i. ** Work to residence: Talent (Accredited Employers), Talent (Arts, Culture, & Sports), and Long Term Skill Shortage List	240	240	290
ii. Other	160	160	200
Working Holiday Scheme	120	-	120
** Long Term Business Visa or Permit	1700	1700	1700

LIMITED PURPOSE (visa or permit)

Student visa	140	140	200
Further Student permit	70	-	-
Other	80	80	120

TEMPORARY - Other

Special direction fee	140	140	140
Reconsideration	140	-	-
Variation of conditions	60	-	-
Request for approval in principle	120	-	-
Section 35 A permit	180	-	-

OTHER

*** Transit visa	120	120	130
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	40	40	100
Registration under Pacific Access Category -
i. first year's registration	50	50	-
ii. second and subsequent year's registration	20	20	-
Registration under family quota category -
i. first year's registration	70	-	-
ii. second and subsequent year's registration	50	-	-
Registration under refugee family quota category -
i. first year's registration	70	-	-
ii. second and subsequent year's 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

Notes:

* 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 Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Tahiti, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Tonga, Nauru, Niue, Vanuatu, and Samoa transiting through New Zealand on their way to or from the Pacific Islands are exempted from the transit visa fee.

Effective 28/02/2006