New Zealand requires visitors to hold onward tickets or evidence of sufficient funds to buy them. In practice, airline staff on inbound routes ask for the onward booking, because the alternative is producing bank statements at a check-in desk.
Documents supplied for Schengen, US, UK, Canada, UAE and beyond. since 2017.
Real six-character booking references that resolve on the airline’s own ‘manage booking’ page. Check yours before you file.
Bookings are made through accredited channels in live airline reservation systems, not generated as PDFs.
If a booking reference does not verify, or we fail to deliver, you get a full refund. Read the policy.
The order matters more than people expect. Do these out of sequence and you end up with a lapsed booking or an appointment you cannot fill.
Visa-waiver passports need an NZeTA, not a visa. Everyone else applies for a visitor visa.
It can take up to 72 hours. Use the app, it is cheaper than the website.
NZD$100 on top, and it catches people out.
NZD$1,000 per month of stay, or NZD$400 if accommodation is already paid for. Prepaying lowers the bar.
You must hold an onward ticket or show you could buy one. A booking is far quicker to produce at a check-in desk than a pile of bank statements.
Through the Immigration New Zealand portal.
In that order.
| What you pay | How much |
|---|---|
| Visitor visaFor nationalities that require a visa | NZD$341 |
| NZeTAVisa-waiver nationalities. Cheaper in the app than on the website | NZD$17 to NZD$23 |
| International Visitor LevyCharged alongside the NZeTA or visa | NZD$100 |
Checked 2026-09-25. Government fees move, sometimes with a month’s notice and sometimes with none. Treat this as a planning figure and confirm the number you will actually be charged at Immigration New Zealand before you pay.
None of these are exotic. Every one of them is fixable in the ten minutes before you hit submit.
Legally valid, practically awkward at a check-in desk. Carry the onward booking instead.
It must be requested before you fly and can take up to 72 hours.
Match it to the period you will actually be granted.
Buy the reservation on its own, or have us take on as much of the application as you want.
A real, airline-held itinerary with a live PNR you can verify yourself.
₹399$4.5per traveller, one way
FLIGHTWe read your file and tell you exactly what to fix. You assemble the documents.
₹799$9per application
ADVICEEverything above, plus the flight reservation and hotel booking, with every date reconciled.
₹1,499$16.9per application
FULLFILEEverything above, and we complete the forms and lodge the application for you.
₹1,999$22.5per application
FILINGYou must hold an onward ticket or show funds sufficient to buy one. A verifiable onward booking is far quicker to present at check-in than bank statements.
Yes. It lowers the funds threshold from around NZ$1,000 to NZ$400 per month of stay.
Background reading: what a dummy ticket actually is · is it legal? · how to verify a PNR
Verifiable flight reservation from ₹399, or the flight + hotel pack for ₹599.
