People often say that immigrating to New Zealand is more expensive. This time, the real money is more expensive.
Recently, the Immigration Bureau has recently announced the fee standards for visa applications, which can be said to have increased across the board...
Letâs simply and roughly feel the changes in the fees for various types of resident visas:
Take applicants submitting applications in New Zealand as an example:
Skilled immigration: increased from $2,710 to $4,290
Investment Category 1 and 2: increased from $5,070 to $7,900
Entrepreneur immigration: increased from $4,140 to $6,860
Work-to-residence: increased from $1,800 to $4,240
Yes It can be seen that the most severe increase has more than doubled, and the work-to-residence category has increased as high as 136%.
The Immigration Department has announced that from July 31, 2022, fees and taxes will increase for most visa applications.
The average price increase of the affected immigration services is about 43%, with the largest increase for resident visas.
As can be seen from the above table, skilled immigration has not yet been restarted, but it has risen close to the upper limit of $5,000 set by the Immigration Bureau.
In terms of temporary visas, visitor visas remain unchanged and student visas have increased slightly.
The fees for various types of work permits have also increased, with employer-certified work permits rising to $750.
