Registration

To register for the conference, please visit the registration page at the University of Waikato site.

Visa Information

Please visit the Immigration New Zealand webpage for full information on visitor visas. 

If you are needing a letter of invitation for your visa application please contact Maria Fitzgerald: mfitzy@waikato.ac.nz  

Also please note that people from certain countries do not need to apply for a visa before travelling to New Zealand.   However on arrival you will be asked to provide certain information.   This is noted below.

Visa-waiver countries

People from certain countries do not need to apply for a visa before travelling to New Zealand. On arrival in New Zealand, they will be asked to provide:

• travel tickets or evidence of onward travel arrangements, and
• evidence of funds for maintenance (for more details see our Operational Manual at E4.50, notably E4.50.35 and E4.50.40).

If a person is visiting New Zealand for three months or less and is from a visa-waiver country (see list below), this person will not need to apply for a visitor visa before arriving in New Zealand as long as the purpose of the visit is for a lawful purpose.

A person is deemed to apply for a visitor visa by completing the required “New Zealand Passenger Arrival Card” and if granted entry permission, will also be granted a visitor visa.

A person may stay in New Zealand in accordance with the conditions on their visa.
Visitor visas granted at the airport are electronic, meaning a person may not be given a stamp or label in their passport.

United Kingdom

UK passport holders who can produce evidence of the right to reside permanently in the UK can be granted a visitor visa for up to six months upon arrival in New Zealand.

Australia

Australian citizens and permanent residents do not usually need a visa to travel to New Zealand.

Additional Visa-waiver countries:  (please see the footnotes also)

Andorra Argentina Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia1 Finland France Germany Greece2 Hong Kong3

Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea (South) Kuwait Latvia1 Liechtenstein Lithuania1 Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Oman Poland Portugal4

Romania Qatar San Marino Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan5 United Arab Emirates United States of America6 Uruguay Vatican City

¹A visa waiver does not apply to people travelling on alien’s (non-citizen’s) passports issued by these countries.

²Greek passport holders whose passports were issued on and after 1 January 2006. (Greek passports issued before 1 January 2006 are not acceptable for travel after 1 January 2007.)

³Residents of Hong Kong travelling on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or British National (Overseas) passports.

⁴Portuguese passport holders must also have the right to live permanently in Portugal.
⁵Permanent residents of Taiwan travelling on Taiwan passports. A personal identity number printed within the visible section of the biographical page of the Taiwan passport demonstrates that the holder is a permanent resident of Taiwan.

⁶Including nationals of the USA.

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