Who can apply for a visa using Immigration Online?
Knowledge base articles
- Providing full birth certificates with applications
- I'm coming to New Zealand to participate in a sports event. What visa do I need?
- Are there any special rules for Australian citizens and residents?
- Travelling to New Zealand on business
- I am visiting New Zealand but would like to do some fruit picking - is this allowed?
- Can I come to New Zealand to volunteer or volunteer once I am in New Zealand?
- Skilled Migrant Category - removal of section 49(1) conditions
- What is an 'open work visa', and how do I get one?
- How can I report someone to the immigration authorities?
- Can I apply for a Working Holiday visa while in New Zealand?
- Do I need to submit any documents with my Expression of Interest?
- Do we have to be married to qualify under the partnership instructions?
- Who can apply for a visa using Immigration Online?
- My country is not on the list of working holiday schemes
- How do I apply online for a Working Holiday?
- What information can the Immigration Contact Centre (ICC) release to an LIA or a lawyer?
- If I get a resident visa, how long do I have to move to New Zealand?
- What can be used as evidence of residence status?
- Will I be eligible for a further student visa if I was absent from class due to illness?
- What is the visa status of a child born in New Zealand?
- Can I add my newborn child to my existing visa application?
- What can be used as evidence of work experience?
- How long will my student visa be valid for, if granted?
- I filled out my working holiday visa application a while ago, but now the form has disappeared. What should I do?
- Will I lose my New Zealand residence status if I travel abroad?
- What Fiji travel documents will Immigration New Zealand Suva Branch accept?
- How do I start an online Expression of Interest and submit it?
- I can't save details into my Expression of Interest
- Can a visa be prioritised?
- Information for visitors travelling without a visa
- I hold two passports. Which one should I travel on?
- Can I use an old application form?
- How do I obtain a New Zealand passport or citizenship?
- Can I enter New Zealand on a one-way ticket?
- How do I get a New Zealand passport?
- Information on DNA testing
- Options for Religious Workers
- I am a Tour Guide coming to New Zealand with a Tour Group
- My resident visa application is still in process but my temporary visa will expire soon.
- Can I travel to New Zealand as a visitor, and apply for residence from there?
- Can I look after a child in New Zealand who has a student visa?
You can now apply online for group visitor visas, such as visitor visas for tour groups, or for groups of visiting officials. You can also now apply for a visitor visa as the guardian of a student.
Families visiting New Zealand can now apply for visitor visas together on one application. Previously each member of a family had to apply online individually, or to submit a paper application.
You can also now submit multiple applications together as group. When submitting a group of applications together you make one payment for the entire group, and we will receive and process the applications together.
People applying for any of the following visa categories can use the Immigration ONLINE service to apply for their visa.
Work visa types:
- Essential Skills work visa
- Work visa - Approval in Principle
- Post-Study work visa
- Student and Trainee work visa
- Work to Residence work visa, including:
- Long Term Skill Shortage List
- Talent (Accredited Employers)
- Talent (Arts, Culture and Sports)
- Religious Worker work visa
- Specific Purpose or Event work visa
- Entertainers work visa
- Silver Fern Practical Experience work visa
- Global Impact work visa
- Partner of a New Zealander work visa
- Partner of a Worker work visa
- Partner of Military Work Visa
- Partner of a Student work visa
Visitor visa types:
- General visitor visa
- COVID-19 Short-Term visitor visa
- Group visitor visa
- Business visitor visa
- Partner of a New Zealander visitor visa
- Partner of a Worker visitor visa
- Partner of a Student visitor visa
- Partner of Military visitor visa
- Child of a Worker visitor visa
- Child of a Student visitor visa
- Child of Military visitor visa
- Child of a New Zealander visitor visa
- Adoption Pre-citizenship visitor visa
- Adoption visitor visa
- Culturally Arranged Marriage visitor visa
- Medical Treatment visitor visa
- Escort of Medical Patients visitor visa
- Occupational Registration visitor visa
- Visiting Media visitor visa
- Pitcairn Islander visitor visa
- Crew joining a Ship or Plane visitor visa
- Private Yacht or Plane visitor visa
- Super Yachts visitor visa
- Sports Events visitor visa
- Refugee Claimant visitor visa
- German Law Student visitor visa
- Guardian of a Student visitor visa
- Parent and Grandparent visitor visa
- Dismissed Worker visitor visa
- Academic visitor visa
- Trafficking Victim visitor visa
- Arts and Music Festival visitor visa
- Short-term Entertainment Act visitor visa
- Tour Escort visitor visa
Student visa types:
- Fee Paying student visa
- Except for Vocational Trainee category
- Dependent Child student visa
- Except for children of New Zealanders
Resident visa types:
- Partner of a New Zealander resident visa
- Dependent Child resident visa
Can I use my mobile phone or tablet to submit an application?
The online form has been designed for use on a computer, rather than a phone or tablet. You may find you are unable to submit an online application via a cellphone or tablet due to the application requirements.
You will need to have your documents ready in PDF format. If you don’t have this already you will need access to a scanner or another method of converting your documents into a PDF.