New Zealand has announced that Permanent Resident Visa
applications will be exclusively online starting in late January 2024, marking
a significant shift from traditional paper submissions.
This move is a significant step towards digitization, allowing applicants to submit applications, track progress, and receive updates electronically. The visa is essential for individuals wishing to reside, work, study, and travel freely to and from New Zealand, and allows applicants to include their part-time work.
By January 2024, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) plans to move
major application processes such as Permanent Resident Visa, Second or Subsequent
Resident Visa, and Variation of Travel Conditions of a Resident Visa to the
online domain. This modification results from paper form limits, which
previously hampered applicants' ability to track progress and maintain
paperwork. Prospective residents can submit their applications
electronically via the Immigration Online portal beginning in January 2024,
allowing them to track their progress online.
Immigration Online has various benefits, including the
opportunity to track application status without contacting the INZ contact
centre and the elimination of the requirement for physical papers such as
passports. It is more convenient, transparent, faster, and secure, and there is
no need to send actual documents. To be eligible for a Permanent Resident Visa,
candidates must have had their visa for at least two years, with the two-year
period beginning upon arrival in New Zealand. Resident visas have travel limits
prohibiting re-entry, but Permanent Resident Visas allow indefinite re-entry.
The transition to online immigration provides simplicity, transparency, and
shorter processing times.
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