New Zealand - Immigration New Zealand will be charging fees for border exception Expressions of Interest (EOIs), and temporarily suspending overseas visa applications from 10 August 2020

From 10 August 2020, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will be introducing fees for all border exception EOI requests.

The fees are:

• NZD $380 for employers who request exceptions for ‘other critical workers’ (or organisations or agencies that sponsor requests), and
• NZD $45 for individual requests under all critical purpose categories. 

Over the last few months, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has received more than 27,000 EOI border exception requests and around 5,400 visa applications from people invited to apply. While these requests have been free of charge it is not feasible to continue to process border exceptions and requests for visa applications free of charge. We must start charging a fee that covers processing costs.

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