Originally Posted by
ElevatorEnthusiast
Datapoint: I was approved for a NZeTA within less than a minute. I completed the steps in the iOS app, paid 52 NZD, received the pending email, and 30 seconds later, received the issued email. Refreshing the status in the app shows the same. US citizen holding US passport.
Same here; applied thru the NZeTA & rec'd approval within a couple of minutes. I then added my travel partner & his took a bit longer, but still under an hour.