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Visiting New Zealand to meet friends and family or just for a holiday? The New Zealand Visit Visa is perfect for leaser and tourism travel to New Zealand. One of the world’s most uniquely beautiful countries, New Zealand has much to offer to every visitor. Prominent tourist destinations in New Zealand. It allows for multiple types of visit visas based on your purpose of visiting and you can apply for visit visas under Subclass 600/601/651/444/461/417 and 462. OSI can help you travel with peace of mind with our New Zealand Visit Visa services.

New Zealand Visit Visa Details:

The New Zealand Visit Visa is used by visiting individuals, families and businesspersons to facilitate short travel and tourism to New Zealand. There are three major subtypes of this visa:

  • Tourist visitor: Someone visiting New Zealand for leisure and recreation or to meet friends and family. You can apply for this from outside or within New Zealand
  • Business visitor: For businesspersons making short business trips for business, negotiations or to attend events. You must apply for this from outside New Zealand
  • Sponsored family visitor- For family members outside New Zealand who are sponsored for a visit visa by an New Zealand citizen or permanent resident

Visitor visas of longer duration are issued to parents of New Zealand citizens and Permanent Residents.

Processing time:

  • Tourist visitor – 25% of applications: Less than 1 day / 50% of applications: 6 days/ 75% of applications: 26 days / 90% of applications: 37 days
  • Business visitor – 25% of applications: Less than 1 day/ 50% of applications: 3 days/ 75% of applications: 9 days / 90% of applications: 25 days
  • Sponsored family visitor – 25% of applications: 28 days/ 50% of applications: 36 days/ 75% of applications: 45 days / 90% of applications: 50 days

Processing time of visit visas are dependent on several factors:

  • You must have submitted all the required supporting documents when submitting your application
  • Your response time to requests for additional information
  • Time taken by the authorities to complete the required checks on the information in your application
  • Time taken to receive additional information pertaining to your health, character and national security
  • Decision to accept or refuse your visa application will be based on the information and documents you provide

It is advisable to make your visa application well in advance of your travel date and not make any travel arrangements till your visa is granted.

Processing time of various visa subcategories

  • Tourist visitor- 75% of applications: 21 days/90% of applications: 34 days
  • Business visitor- 75% of applications: 21 days/90% of applications: 34 days
  • Sponsored family visitor – 75% of applications: 54 days/90% of applications: 64 days

Key points to note about this visa are:

  • You cannot work on this visa
  • This visa allows you to travel and stay across New Zealand
  • The visa is typically issued for a period between 3 months to one year

Documents required for New Zealand visitor visa

To apply for the New Zealand Visit Visa, applicants must:

  • Show that they have sufficient funds to cover their trip costs for the duration of their visit
  • Have no criminal record and must comply with all New Zealand laws
  • Meet all health standards and submit medical records as necessary
  • Show valid documentation and invitation letters from sponsors
  • Meet any other requirements asked for
  • Valid passport
  • Recent passport size colored photographs
  • Confirmed return air tickets
  • Trip itinerary
  • Bank statements for a period of 3 to 6 months
  • Travel insurance
  • Proof of enough funds
  • Invitation letter: If visiting relatives or friends, a letter of invitation from the relative or friend in New Zealand
  • Hotel booking confirmation

HOW OSI CAN HELP YOU?

OSI is best positioned to help you with your New Zealand visit visa. Our teams will help you:

  • Assess which visa type to apply under
  • Gather and prepare your documentation
  • Filling of forms
  • Review of all your documentation
  • Apply for your visa

Talk to us to get your New Zealand visit visa process underway

FAQs

COVID-19: Will extra time be given for medical checks and biometrics?

As services related to the visa application process have been impacted by COVID-19, additional time will be given to applicants for completing the checks and providing the required information. Service disruptions will be taken into account at the time that the application is being processed.

When applying for a new visa, a bridging visa might be granted keeping the applicant’s status lawful in New Zealand till the time that a decision is made on their visa application.

You can request for a waiver on the “no further stay” condition if your visa will be expiring within 4 weeks. If the request for waiver is approved, a new visa application must be made before the expiry of the current visa.

If there is a “no further stay” condition attached to your visitor visa, you will have to apply for the condition to be waived. The request for waiving the condition must be made before making any visa application.

Visitor visas are not extended under New Zealand migration law. You will have to apply for a new visa before the expiration of your current visa.

International tourists, especially those without family support, have been advised by the New Zealand government to return to their home country as soon as it is possible for them to do so.

A tourist visa to New Zealand is meant for a short term trip to the country. The cost of the visa depends on the passport you hold and the length of your stay. It might cost you somewhere ranging from 135 dollars to 1000 dollars.

The procedure for applying for an New Zealand Tourist Visa is below

  • Online ETA Visa application – Completely filled
  • Information of all the travellers and their passport details
  • Application is linked to passport – After payment
  • Check ETA confirmation to your Email

The documents required for an New Zealand Tourist Visa are given below.

Visitor Visa application – Form 1419 (Tourist Visitor)

Personal documents

  • Passport – Notarized copies of all the pages of your passport including the first and the last page.
  • Photographs – 2 passport sized photographs (Recent). The head and the shoulder should be visible in the photos. The size of the photograph should be 45mm x 355mm.
  • Your name should be printed on the back of both the photos.
  • Visiting purpose – You should submit an itinerary that has the information of your trip like all the sites you will be visiting and your activities.
  • Your latest credit score
  • Your bank statement showing your savings history
  • Copies of documents that show the details of funds and assets that you hold on your name.
  • Documents of last 3 years of tax

ACHIEVEMENTS

13

YEARS

2

BRANCHES

5000

VISA APPROVALS

2000

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