New Zealand visa status checker

How to check your New Zealand application

New Zealand applications; the login system depends on the visa type.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Read the Immigration New Zealand guide and select the system matching your visa. Use the account in which the application was submitted.
2. For enhanced Immigration Online, sign in with RealMe, open My Visas and look under Submitted applications for the Status column.
3. Open View application progress where available and read the account’s letters. If an adviser applied, ask the adviser for the update.

Choose the correct application type

NZeTA requests and older online visa services have different routes. For a paper application, follow the guide’s processing-time and contact instructions.

Information to keep ready

Keep your application acknowledgement, submission date, visa category and the name of the submitting office available. The official service determines which identifiers are required. Enter personal information only in that service; VisaWand does not need your passport number, login password or application reference.

If the record cannot be found

Compare the service and reference with your receipt and check the fields requested on the official screen. A technical error or missing result does not establish a decision. Follow the handling office’s help instructions if the record still cannot be retrieved.

After an update or decision

Read the actual notice and any document request, collection instruction or deadline. Passport movement, the validity of an issued permission and progress of a pending application are separate checks. Use the decision notice to confirm the outcome and next action.

Official resources

• Immigration New Zealand: check application progress ↗www.immigration.govt.nz
• Immigration New Zealand online services ↗www.immigration.govt.nz
• FCDO New Zealand travel advice ↗www.gov.uk

Travel-advice references provide entry and consular context. They do not supply a private application result, and nationality-specific entry advice must not be applied to every passport.

Tracking guidance reviewed 21 October 2026. Follow the official service if its procedure changes.