Air New Zealand Air Points - NZ Customs Question

Hi

Just a quick Question about AKL Customs, what do put on a departure card when you do not know when you are going to return to NZ.

As i'm planning to travel to Aussie on a one-way ticket to see mates then come back when i get bored. Im on a NZ Passport so should be no problem since ill get a SCV in Sydney. But will the NZ customs give me any problems? what if i tick "Not Returning" then i come home a week later ?

Thanks in advance for you help.

Hi there and welcome to FT!

I don't know if this information is shared with IRD - that would be my only concern is your status regarding resident or not for tax purposes.

If just an open ended trip to Oz, pick a rough date - I suspect that other than a possible tax angle, the rest of the data fro NZ citizens leaving is for statistical purposes...

Go and enjoy!

Cheers Thai-kiwi.

Welcome to Flyer Talk ZK-NBS :)

I've had trips where I've been uncertain of the return date before departure, and others where the return date has changed mid-trip. I've never had a problem on return.

The departure cards go to the Department of Statistics. All Customs do is to check that the information matches that on your passport before collecting them and forwarding them en masse to Statistics. Then periodically we get reports from them such as "more New Zealanders are leaving forever to go to Australia" etc.