Online applications for entry permission legally enabled

Policy effect

From June 21, 2023, an application for entry permission at a New Zealand immigration control area could be made online when an electronic form was provided on an official website or mobile application. Each application had to concern one person and could use English or another language enabled by the form. To complete the application, the applicant had to provide a passport or certificate of identity and evidence of any visa to an immigration officer, or a passport and visa evidence to an automated system. An officer or system could still require an interview, further evidence or a medical examination.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

148148#DLM3148148), insert: (1AA) This regulation applies to an application for entry permission unless the application is made online under regulation 24A. ##### 10 New regulation 24A inserted (Application may be made online) After [regulation 24](https://classic.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2023/0077/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM3148148#DLM3148148), insert: ##### 24A Application may be made online (1) An application at an immigration control area for entry permission may be made online if electronic forms have been provided for the purpose on an Internet site or a software application ref … erred to in subclause (4). (2) This regulation applies to an application made in accordance with subclause (1). (3) The application must relate to only 1 person. (4) The application must be made— ##### (a) by means of one of the following that is made available and maintained by or on behalf of the Department for that purpose: ##### (i) an Internet site; or ##### (ii) a software application that is designed to be used on a mobile device; and ##### (b) using an electronic form provided on the Internet site or the software application for the purpose. (5) Without limiting subclause (4) (b), the … electronic form must require the applicant to— ##### (a) state the applicant’s full name; and ##### (b) state the applicant’s date and place of birth; and ##### (c) state the details of the applicant’s passport or certificate of identity; and ##### (d) acknowledge that the details supplied in support of the application are true and correct to the best of the applicant’s knowledge. (6) In order to complete the making of the application, the applicant must— ##### (a) give the applicant’s passport or certificate of identity and evidence of any visa that the applicant holds to an immigration offic … er; or ##### (b) give the applicant’s passport and evidence of any visa that the applicant holds to an automated electronic system. (7) An immigration officer or automated electronic system processing the application may, in order for the application to be determined, require the applicant to— ##### (a) be interviewed by an immigration officer: ##### (b) produce further information or evidence (including photographs) that the officer thinks necessary in order to determine the application: ##### (c) undergo a medical examination or another medical examination, as the case may be. (8) An applica … 8e997) | | | ## Regulations ##### 1 Title These regulations are the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Amendment Regulations 2023. ##### 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 21 June 2023. ##### 3 Principal regulations These regulations amend the [Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010](https://classic.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2023/0077/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM3148100). ##### 4 Regulation 7 amended (Applications at immigration control area for second or subsequent resident visa) Replace [regulation 7(2)](https …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other New Zealand changes operative in 2023

• 2023-02-27Adoption of Updated Annual Median Wage Threshold ($29.66/hour)
• 2023-02-28Expansion of the Victims of Family Violence Work Visa Access
• 2023-04-26Implementation of Transport Sector Agreement Median Wage Exemption for Bus Drivers
• 2023-05-01Update to Parent Category Sponsor Minimum Income Thresholds
• 2023-05-31Implementation of Conditioned Partner Work Rights
• 2023-06-21Official mobile-app channel enabled for online immigration applications
• 2023-06-21Online visa applications expanded at immigration control areas
• 2023-09-07Skilled Migrant Category expression-of-interest fees removed