Visitor Visa

You always have the option to come and explore New Zealand as a visitor. However, during your stay, you require to have considerable amount of money so that you would be able to support yourself as well as all others who are listed in your application. The visitor’s visa would enable you to enjoy the New Zealand’s green landscape, culture and people.

Overview

Total length of stay:Maximum 9 months

Benefits of Visitor’s Visa:

This visa allows you to

Important things to note:

You need to check if it is needed for you to apply for the Visitor Visa. This is because some individuals from some of the selected visa waiver countries are allowed to travel to New Zealand without requiring this Visitor visa. However, in that case it would instead be important to hold an NZeTA or the New Zealand Electronic travel Authority.

Check here if you require a Visitor Visa or an NZeTA

If you are coming to New Zealand on a holiday, the you are required to either get a Visitor visa or a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA). However, if you are Australian Citizen, you won’t require either of them.

Who all need a visitor visa

It is mandated for you to apply for a visitor visa before arriving in New Zealand. Further, you apply for this visa when, you:

Process and Fees for the Visitor’s visa

The table below summarizes the information about the process, processing time and costs involved while applying for New Zealand visitor visa. This will help you plan appropriately and you will be having an optimal chance of submitting a completed application in the given timeframe.

The details are described with respect to the option of applying via an Online Form.

Immigration Costs	Receiving center fees	ITimeframes
Application Cost – NZD 246 This is the fee asked by the Immigration New Zealand to process your application. An immigration levy will be charged and is included in the mentioned cost. Each person will be required to pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) of NZD 35. This is also included in the cost.	Passport Fee – INR 722/application After you apply for visitor visa via online mode, it will be required for you to send your passport. The passport fee is demanded for the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in order to receive and handle your passport appropriately.	Processing Time – within 26 days 90 percent of the applications are completed within this timeframe. The timeframe is mentioned with respect to the calendar days.

Who all need a NZeTA

If you are visiting New Zealand, then it would be necessary for you to apply for NZeTA in case you belong to a visa-waiver country or any territory, or you are an Australian permanent resident .

Visa waiver countries and territories

All those passport holders who intend to visit New Zealand and belong to certain countries and territories, although are not required to apply for the visa before they would travel to NZ but they must possess an NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority).

List of visa waiver countries and territories

The visa waiver countries and territories are listed as follows:

Andorra	Macau – only if you require a Macau special Administrative Region Passport
Argentina	Malaysia
Austria	Malta
Bahrain	Mauritius
Brazil	Mexico
Brunei	Monaco
Bulgaria	Netherlands
Canada	Norway
Chile	Oman
Croatia	Poland
Cyprus	Portugal – if you hold the right to live permanently in Portugal
Czech Republic	Qatar
Denmark	Romania
Estonia – citizens only	San Marino
Finland	Saudi Arabia
France	Seychelles
Germany	Singapore
Hong Kong – residents with HKSAR or British National – Overseas passports only	Slovak Republic
Hungary	Spain
Iceland	Sweden
Ireland	Switzerland
Israel	Taiwan – if you are a permanent resident of Taiwan
Italy	United Arab Emirates
Japan	United Kingdom – if you hold the right to stay in the United Kingdom on a permanent basis
Korea – South	United States of America – This includes USA nationals
Kuwait	Uruguay
Latvia – citizens only	Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Lithuania – citizens only
Luxembourg