Visiting on business

immigration New Zeeland

We have established a priority phone line from Monday to Friday for people to contact us about this specific situation. Call 0508 558 855 (toll free from NZ landlines) or +64 9 914 4100 and press option 7. For information about what options are available to you, check:

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Learn about coming to New Zealand on business or applying for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card. Find out how to get approval for your arts or music festival to make it easy for performers and staff to come to New Zealand.

If you are planning to visit New Zealand on business, check to see if you need a visa or a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA).

If you have an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC), you can visit New Zealand for up to 3 months at a time to carry out trade and investment activities. New Zealand needs to be listed on your card as an economy that has pre-cleared you for short-term business travel here.

If you are a New Zealander and have an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC), you can visit participating APEC economies at short notice to carry out trade and investment activities. You can only travel to the economies listed on your card, that have pre-cleared you for business travel there.

Festival and entertainment organisers can get approval to bring their performers and staff to New Zealand on Visitor Visas.

Performers and support staff for festivals or entertainment acts must apply for a NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) or a specific visitor visa to travel to New Zealand.

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Learn what you need to do to visit New Zealand. Find out whether you need a visa or a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), and what you must do before travelling here, and on arrival.

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Find out about visas that let you study in New Zealand. If you are an education provider, learn about the rules for bringing students to New Zealand.

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Find information about work visas and working in New Zealand. Employers can learn about hiring people from overseas and getting accredited.

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Visit Toro

Learn what you need to do to visit New Zealand. Find out whether you need a visa or a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), and what you must do before travelling here, and on arrival.

Study Ako

Find out about visas that let you study in New Zealand. If you are an education provider, learn about the rules for bringing students to New Zealand.

Work Mahi

Find information about work visas and working in New Zealand. Employers can learn about hiring people from overseas and getting accredited.

Live Ora

Find visas to live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Get information about living here permanently and what life in Aotearoa is like.

About us

Visit Toro

Learn what you need to do to visit New Zealand. Find out whether you need a visa or a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), and what you must do before travelling here, and on arrival.

Study Ako

Find out about visas that let you study in New Zealand. If you are an education provider, learn about the rules for bringing students to New Zealand.

Work Mahi

Find information about work visas and working in New Zealand. Employers can learn about hiring people from overseas and getting accredited.

Live Ora

Find visas to live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Get information about living here permanently and what life in Aotearoa is like.

About us

Visit Toro

Learn what you need to do to visit New Zealand. Find out whether you need a visa or a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), and what you must do before travelling here, and on arrival.

Study Ako

Find out about visas that let you study in New Zealand. If you are an education provider, learn about the rules for bringing students to New Zealand.

Work Mahi

Find information about work visas and working in New Zealand. Employers can learn about hiring people from overseas and getting accredited.

Live Ora

Find visas to live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Get information about living here permanently and what life in Aotearoa is like.

About us

Visiting on business

Learn about coming to New Zealand on business or applying for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card. Find out how to get approval for your arts or music festival to make it easy for performers and staff to come to New Zealand.