New ZealandShort stays and visits
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The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.
Short-term business travel to carry out trade and investment activities; non-business travel requires contacting Immigration New Zealand.
You can only carry out the trade and investment activities that are the reason you have an APEC Business Travel Card.
If you have an ABTC and will be travelling to New Zealand for non-business reasons, you must contact Immigration New Zealand.
Up to 3 months at a time; single-entry travel conditions, the visa expiring 3 months after arrival or on departure, whichever first; the ABTC can be used for multiple trips while valid and is valid for 5 years.
Your visa expires: 3 months after you arrive in New Zealand, or when you leave New Zealand, whichever happens first.
You will be given single-entry travel conditions — this means if you leave the country, your visa will expire.
You can use your ABTC to travel to New Zealand multiple times while it is valid. An ABTC is valid for 5 years for short-term business travel.
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel and passport evidence.
Entry permission is applied for at the New Zealand border, after which a Business Visitor Visa of up to 3 months may be given; staying longer than 3 months requires applying for a work visa.
When you arrive at the New Zealand border with your APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC), you will need to apply for permission to enter.
After you get entry permission, we may give you a Business Visitor Visa to stay up to 3 months.
If you want to stay in New Zealand longer than 3 months, you will need to apply for a work visa.
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