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The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) (Māori: Te Tari Taiwhenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to ministers; and advising the government on a range of ...
After the creation of modern New Zealand citizenship with the passing of the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 (which came into force on 1 January 1949), residence in New Zealand no longer qualified British or Commonwealth citizens for a New Zealand passport, and they had to apply for New Zealand citizenship then for a passport, with increased work for the Department of ...
A specimen of a New Zealand eVisa confirmation letter, for a Visitor Visa. A New Zealand Visitor Visa label in a passport. Such labels are only issued upon request. Any person who is not a New Zealand citizen may only travel to New Zealand if holding a valid visa or is a person to whom a visa waiver applies. [51]
Visa requirements for New Zealand citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of New Zealand. As of 2025, New Zealand citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the New Zealand passport 5th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index ...
New Zealand passports are in English and te reo Māori. Norwegian passports are in the two forms of the Norwegian language, Bokmål and Nynorsk, Northern Sami and English. Sri Lankan passports are in Sinhala, Tamil and English. Swiss passports are in five languages: German, French, Italian, Romansh and English.
The New Zealand Certificate of Identity is an international biometric travel document issued by the Department of Internal Affairs to an alien resident of or visitor to New Zealand who is unable to obtain a national passport, [1] or has a national passport unacceptable to Immigration New Zealand [2] so that they can leave New Zealand.
The Five Nations Passport Group is an international forum for the passport-issuing authorities of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States to share best practices in the issuance, development, and management of passports.
Visa on arrival for holders of valid sticker visa or resident card issued by Australia, Canada, GCC countries, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, EU or Schengen Area member states, United Kingdom or United States. Australia: Visa required [12] [13] May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa). Transit visa is not required. [14] Austria