Aug 2, 2019, 5:03 pm
Last edit by: Mwenenzi
Beware of non government 3rd party look-a-like web sites that charge more, often found with a browser web search. Only the New Zealand government web site (govt.nz) issues a visa/NZeTA. These other scam-deceptive web sites just send your data to the NZ Govt web site. Some of these sites may have a disclaimer in the fine print.
NZ Government link ---> Check if you need a visitor visa or an NZeTA
NZ Government link ---> Request an NZeTA {as at 05 Aug 2019} Please note that travellers from visa waiver or transit visa waiver countries who are in transit through New Zealand are required to hold an NZeTA.
NZ Government link --->NZ Traveller Declaration On line or phone app. An option to the paper arrival form.
NZ Government web sites. Note: Check for yourself. The requirements and links may change
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...a/visitor-visa
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...out-visa/nzeta
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...sa/visa-waiver
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...sit-passengers Transit passengers
Refer to post 23 below
Wikipedia --> Visa policy of New Zealand This may be accurate nor does it replace official NZ Government information
Other related FT threads
NZ Government link ---> Check if you need a visitor visa or an NZeTA
NZ Government link ---> Request an NZeTA {as at 05 Aug 2019} Please note that travellers from visa waiver or transit visa waiver countries who are in transit through New Zealand are required to hold an NZeTA.
- From 1 October 2019, if you are from a visa waiver country you must request an NZeTA before you travel. It costs NZD$9 on our free app, or NZD$12 if completed online.
- You must also pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL). The IVL costs NZD $35 and is paid at the same time as the NZeTA.
NZ Government web sites. Note: Check for yourself. The requirements and links may change
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...a/visitor-visa
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...out-visa/nzeta
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...sa/visa-waiver
Link---> https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...sit-passengers Transit passengers
Refer to post 23 below
Wikipedia --> Visa policy of New Zealand This may be accurate nor does it replace official NZ Government information
Other related FT threads
- New Zealand immigration & customs
- Smartgate at Australia & NZ immigration Click to open the wiki
NZeTA required from 1 October 2019 to visit or transit New Zealand
Aug 9, 2019, 5:05 am
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Now tiny NZ wants to join the big boys club and require an ETA too ? If we allow this to continue then every country big or small will require a separate ETA making travel more complex and costly.
Sep 12, 2019, 9:31 pm
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Sep 12, 2019, 9:57 pm
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Sep 12, 2019, 10:41 pm
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Airline tickets have many government fees/taxes, even in transit. Because they are not identified most pax know nothing about them.
Australia has Au$60 tax on all departing passengers. 99% do not know they are paying that. For my common Aust<--->NZ trips I pay (on average) Au$114 on Aust to NZ flights and NZ$54 in NZ to Aust flights in real government taxes, fees & levies (Au passport).
If NZ had increased the departure/arrival tax for all people by, say NZ$20, passengers would never have noticed (or cared).
It was a political decision to have a targeted international visitor levy. To do that they they put a NZeTA over the top, so to identify the targets. The costs to administer all this are very high. The IVL is for a Shane Jonesish type [-~Provincial Growth Fund] slush fund to spend this money (after costs) on infrastructure tourists may use. Instead of local governments spending local taxpayers money.
Sep 12, 2019, 10:58 pm
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Airlines send data on all passengers to the government/governments
USA also has a fee for the visa waver ESTA, so another country to exclude on transit. No international to international airside transit in USA
Airline tickets have many government fees/taxes, even in transit. Because they are not identified most pax know nothing about them.
Australia has Au$60 tax on all departing passengers. 99% do not know they are paying that. For my common Aust<--->NZ trips I pay (on average) Au$114 on Aust to NZ flights and NZ$54 in NZ to Aust flights in real government taxes, fees & levies (Au passport).
If NZ had increased the departure/arrival tax for all people by, say NZ$20, passengers would never have noticed (or cared).
It was a political decision to have a targeted international visitor levy. To do that they they put a NZeTA over the top, so to identify the targets. The costs to administer all this are very high. The IVL is for a Shane Jonesish type [-~Provincial Growth Fund] slush fund to spend this money (after costs) on infrastructure tourists may use. Instead of local governments spending local taxpayers money.
USA also has a fee for the visa waver ESTA, so another country to exclude on transit. No international to international airside transit in USA
Airline tickets have many government fees/taxes, even in transit. Because they are not identified most pax know nothing about them.
Australia has Au$60 tax on all departing passengers. 99% do not know they are paying that. For my common Aust<--->NZ trips I pay (on average) Au$114 on Aust to NZ flights and NZ$54 in NZ to Aust flights in real government taxes, fees & levies (Au passport).
If NZ had increased the departure/arrival tax for all people by, say NZ$20, passengers would never have noticed (or cared).
It was a political decision to have a targeted international visitor levy. To do that they they put a NZeTA over the top, so to identify the targets. The costs to administer all this are very high. The IVL is for a Shane Jonesish type [-~Provincial Growth Fund] slush fund to spend this money (after costs) on infrastructure tourists may use. Instead of local governments spending local taxpayers money.
If instead of ETA, it is departure/arrival tax, it applies to all, citizens or foreigners.
Transit ETA is really just levy to transit NZ, nothing else. You pay money for nothing.
Sep 12, 2019, 11:13 pm
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Other countries, have taxes/fees/levies in transit. NZ does now. You just do not know they exist.
This is a very political tax with very high cost to administer.
Come 01 October I expect there will be many passengers having trouble boarding, as they have not applied for the NZeTA-IVL
Sep 12, 2019, 11:35 pm
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Australian & NZ passport holders will not pay extra to transit ^
Other countries, have taxes/fees/levies in transit. NZ does now. You just do not know they exist.
This is a very political tax with very high cost to administer.
Come 01 October I expect there will be many passengers having trouble boarding, as they have not applied for the NZeTA-IVL
Other countries, have taxes/fees/levies in transit. NZ does now. You just do not know they exist.
This is a very political tax with very high cost to administer.
Come 01 October I expect there will be many passengers having trouble boarding, as they have not applied for the NZeTA-IVL
If you charge people for nothing, at least make it clear. Don't hide it under eTA. just call it transit levy...
Sep 12, 2019, 11:45 pm
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Other countries just hide taxes/fees/levies in airline tickets. These have a very low cost to administer.
Sep 12, 2019, 11:47 pm
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Even if they put the NZ$9 in the transit airfare like UK Passenger Services Charge, that doesn't relieve the passenger from having to obtain pre-clearance to transit NZ.
Sep 12, 2019, 11:55 pm
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I can understand eTA for entering NZ, but for transit?
Sep 16, 2019, 9:31 pm
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The Pacific has a major problem with drug and people trafficking, and a quickly growing problem with organised crime in general. Being able to screen before arrival *or transit* helps in efforts against that.
Sep 16, 2019, 9:48 pm
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screen by who? for transit, there is no NZ immigration.
Sep 16, 2019, 9:55 pm
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