NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND, Embassy Of.
Address : 23/F B.P.I. Buendia Center, 360 Sen Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Tel. No. : (632) 845‐9222
Fax : (632) 891‐5353
Website : Immigration New Zealand Website
www.immigration.govt.nz
Immigration New Zealand Manila Branch website
www.immigration.govt.nz/branch/manila/
Email : nzemmanila@dol.govt.nz
Office hours : Monday to Friday
8:30am to 5:00pm (cut‐off time at 3:00pm)
Saturday
8:30am to 12:00 noon
From May 4 2010, off shore immigrations advisers are required to be licensed. For more information
visit www.iaa.govt.nz
Lodging your application
How to pay the fees
The fee must be paid by ban k draft made payable to “New Zealand Immigration Service”.
We do not accept cash or credit card payments. Please call 845‐9222 to confirm how to pay the fee.
Manila Call center and Visa information and Application (VIA) center
You can request your application to be collected by courier from anywhere in the Philippines by calling
845‐9222. You will be charge a return courier fee to collect the passport and have it returned to you
after processing.
Applications can be lodged in person at the VIA Center in Makati:
Unit 901, 9/F One corporate Plaza
845 Antonio Arnaiz Ave (Pasay Rd), Makati City
You will need to pay a one way courier fee to have you passport returned. The courier fess are outline
below:
Lodgements thru the Call Center Direct Lodgements thru
the VIA Center
Roundtrip Rates (include
pickup & return)
One Way Rates (pick up of
additional documents
One Way Rates (applies to
return of processed passport)
Individual PHP 350 PHP 175 PHP 200
Family / Group* PHP 500 PHP 250 PHP 300
*applies when there is more than 1 passport associated with the application being returned to the same
address
Please prepare separate payment for courier/post fee in the form of either cash or cheque payable to
PIASI for those applications with direct lodgements through the VIA Center.
VIA Center Cebu
The Visa information and application centre (VIAC) is now open in Cebu. The center will cater to
applicants in Cebu and the Visayas. Applicants can conveniently walk in and personally obtain current
information and advice about applying for a visa to New Zealand.
The address of the VIAC in Cebu is:
Unit 1004‐B
10th Floor Keppel Center, Samar Loop cor. Cardinal Rosales Ave., Cebu Business Park, Cebu City
Office hours:
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm (cut‐off time at 3pm)
Saturday 8am to 12nn
Handing fees: (inclusive of administrative cost and one‐way courier service)
Visa lodgement service
 Php 250 per applicant
 350 (maximum of five applicants)
Additional documents (after lodgement complete)
 Php 50 per applicant
Lodging applications from New Zealand
You can courier applications directly to the VIA center Manila only (not VIA Center Cebu). You need to
indicate how and where you want the documents returned, either to the applicant in the Philippines or
the representative in New Zealand. If we return the documents to the applicant in the Philippines, the
applicant needs to pay the one‐way rates as above. The applicant can pay collect. If you would like us to
return the documents back to New Zealand, please provide a prepaid courier.
It is possible to get a bank cheque in New Zealand issued in Philippine pesos. Currently only Westpac
banks offer this service.