You can bring or join your family in New Zealand with one of our many visas. Unless you are exempt, some visa applications submitted from outside New Zealand or a quarantine-free travel zone are presently suspended.
You can check various options available here.
1. Visitor Visa
- Visit loved ones, discover New Zealand, engage in adventurous activities, or play amateur sports.
- Study for up to 3 months.
- Include in your visa application information for your spouse and any dependant children who are under the age of 19.
- You can stay up to 9 months.
- You can apply here.
2. Parent and Grandparent Visitor Visa
- travel to New Zealand to see your grandchildren or children.
- Multiple trips in and out of New Zealand
- Your visa application should mention your partner.
- For further details, you can check and apply here.
- Up to 6 months at once, with a maximum of 18 months over the course of three years.
3. Partner of a Student Work Visa
- If your partner is pursuing level 7 or 8 qualifications, any level 9 qualification, or any level 10 qualification, you are eligible to use this visa to work in New Zealand.
- Study for up to 3 months.
- You can stay for the same period as the student visa of your companion.
- You can apply here.
4. Guardian of a Student Visitor Visa
- You can apply for this visa if you are the parent or legal guardian of a kid who is a student in New Zealand and needs you to live with and take care of them.
- The child must be 17 or under
- Valid for the same period of time as the student visa you are traveling with.
- You can apply here.
5. Partner of a New Zealander Visitor Visa
- If your partner is a citizen or resident of New Zealand, you may travel there on this visa.
- Study for up to 3 months.
- You can stay Up to 24 months
- You can apply here.
Procedure to apply for a visa
- You can apply here.
- Select the type of visa.
- Prepare all the documents required.
- You may apply for a lot of visas online. In addition to the application forms, your passport and other supporting documents must be supplied to us.
- As soon as we are able, we will evaluate your application. If additional information is required, we might contact you, and after a decision has been made, we’ll let you know about your visa.
What is the processing time?
- On average, it takes 20 weekdays.
What are the fees?
- You can check here.
Documents required
- When arriving in New Zealand, you must have a passport that is valid for at least six months and, if applicable, an older passport.
- Two recent photographs
- Forms for applying for visas and a cover letter outlining the visit’s goal.
- Bank statements from the previous six months and copies of international credit card statements.
- A round-trip schedule and flight tickets