New Zealand Tourist Visa

If you want to visit family and friends or explore New Zealand, you need to have a New Zealand tourist/ visitor visa. New Zealand visitor visa is valid for up to 9 months with a multiple entry facility. In addition, it gives you the right to study in New Zealand for 3 Months of courses.

New Zealand is the only country where you can extend your New Zealand visitor visa for 12 months in the following cases.

If you require more time to complete your tourist itinerary.
If you are unable to leave New Zealand for reasons beyond your control.

New Zealand tourist visa/ Visitor visa process

To apply for a New Zealand tourist visa/ Visitor visa, you need to follow the below steps.

Step 1: Gather your Documents

Step 2: Apply for a New Zealand tourist visa

Step 3: New Zealand Tourist visa outcome

Step 1: Gather your Documents:

The first step towards applying New Zealand Tourist visa is furnishing your documents as per the New Zealand visa documents checklist.

Please note: All documents must be in English; coloured copy of documents and must be readable.

Step 2: Apply for a New Zealand tourist visa:

Once you prepare your documents as per the requirement, you can now apply for your New Zealand tourist visa in two ways.

Online
Paper-based application

It is always recommended please you apply at your convenience.

Step 3: New Zealand Tourist visa outcome:

Post submitting your application. INZ office assesses your application to find out are you a genuine visitor or not. If the INZ officer found any grounds to believe that your intention is not a genuine visitor, your application will be refused, and you don’t have the right to appeal. However, you can submit your new Visa application.

If your New Zealand tourist/Visitor visa application is approved, now you can fly to New Zealand.