INZ Visa Application Fees Increase
Steve Baker • August 14, 2024
INZ Visa Application Fees are Increasing from 1 October, 2024.
New visa charges will be set to recover the costs of processing a visa by people using INZ immigration services.
INZ have decided that a “user pays” system is appropriate.
That is, those using the INZ immigration system must cover the costs of running it.
Table with the new visa charges – see link below.
Immigration fee and levy table — rates from 1 October 2024PDF 356KB
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