Is there a charge for moving a New Zealand resident visa to a new passport?
Residents of New Zealand who do not change their nationality to New Zealand and continue to use their passport in their country of origin can apply for a visa transfer to Immigration New Zealand up to every 10 years, or if their passport needs to be updated due to accidental loss of damage. The English name for this procedure is transfering visa to a new passport.
Immigration New Zealand currently uses "e-visas", which means that the average non-New Zealand citizen does not have a previous "physical sticker" on their passport, but only in Immigration New Zealand's system, which retains passport information and biological information such as fingerprints and compares them at the time of entry and exit. The migration of e-visas is very convenient, only need to hand over the new passport and the old passport together to Immigration New Zealand, only a few working days, the Immigration Department will complete the migration of the new e-visa, the next time you enter and leave the country, the use of a new passport.
Once upon a time, the relocation of PR between old and new passports required a "fee" of nearly NZ$200, but at present, the implementation of e-visas has reduced costs, so immigration new Zealand will also "not make this money", free of charge for e-visas between the old and new passport migration needs.
So, there is also a batch of "old passports" beginning with the G-word, after replacing the new e-passport at the beginning of E, you need to apply for a visa transfer, which is equivalent to a "paper" transfer between eVisa and eVisa, so does this application to Immigration New Zealand charge?
The answer is still free, you also need to put the old passport with visa paper, and a new passport that needs to receive an e-visa, along with the New Zealand Immigration Department, and fill out Form 1023 (application for transfer or confirmation of a visa), do not need to fill in the payment information, mailed to the Immigration Department, in a few days, the Immigration Department will be "you can not see, but new passport with e-visa information", and your old passport, We'll send it back to you by post.
Of course, the Immigration Department still has the option of a "paper visa", even if all passports are e-passports, applicants can still ask for a "ceremony" PR sticker glued to a page of the passport, which is no problem, but not only will the processing time be extended, but you will also have to shell out 210 New Zealand dollars (2020 standard) to apply.
Immigration New Zealand currently uses "e-visas", which means that the average non-New Zealand citizen does not have a previous "physical sticker" on their passport, but only in Immigration New Zealand's system, which retains passport information and biological information such as fingerprints and compares them at the time of entry and exit. The migration of e-visas is very convenient, only need to hand over the new passport and the old passport together to Immigration New Zealand, only a few working days, the Immigration Department will complete the migration of the new e-visa, the next time you enter and leave the country, the use of a new passport.
Once upon a time, the relocation of PR between old and new passports required a "fee" of nearly NZ$200, but at present, the implementation of e-visas has reduced costs, so immigration new Zealand will also "not make this money", free of charge for e-visas between the old and new passport migration needs.
So, there is also a batch of "old passports" beginning with the G-word, after replacing the new e-passport at the beginning of E, you need to apply for a visa transfer, which is equivalent to a "paper" transfer between eVisa and eVisa, so does this application to Immigration New Zealand charge?
The answer is still free, you also need to put the old passport with visa paper, and a new passport that needs to receive an e-visa, along with the New Zealand Immigration Department, and fill out Form 1023 (application for transfer or confirmation of a visa), do not need to fill in the payment information, mailed to the Immigration Department, in a few days, the Immigration Department will be "you can not see, but new passport with e-visa information", and your old passport, We'll send it back to you by post.
Of course, the Immigration Department still has the option of a "paper visa", even if all passports are e-passports, applicants can still ask for a "ceremony" PR sticker glued to a page of the passport, which is no problem, but not only will the processing time be extended, but you will also have to shell out 210 New Zealand dollars (2020 standard) to apply.
