The immigration branches in New Zealand will close at noon on Friday 24th December 2010. If your application is not completed before then, the processing will resume when we re-open on Wednesday 5th of January 2011.
To find out the opening hours for NZ immigration branches overseas, please check their branch pages, or contact them directly for information.
Our Immigration Contact Centre will be open on 29th, 30th and 31st December (10am-4pm) for urgent enquiries only. They can be contacted on the following telephone numbers:
•If you are outside of New Zealand please phone: +64 9 914 4100
•If you are within New Zealand but outside of Auckland, please phone: 0508 558 855
•If you are in Auckland, please phone: 09 914 4100
Please also note that email enquiries sent to us during the holiday period will be responded to within 5 working days (public holidays and weekends are not counted as working days). Normal response times for email enquiries will resume on 10th January 2011.