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50: Conditions on resident visas
or “Rules for changing conditions on your resident visa”
You could also call this:

“You can request changes to your resident visa travel conditions”

If you have a resident visa, you can ask to change the rules about when you can travel to New Zealand. You need to ask in the right way, as set out in the rules.

An immigration officer will look at your request. They will use the rules for residents that were in place when you made your request to decide what to do.

Sometimes, the Minister can make a special decision to change your visa conditions. This can happen even if it’s not what the normal rules say.

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Visas generally: Visa conditions

51Resident visa holder may apply for variation of travel conditions

  1. A resident visa holder may apply, in the prescribed manner, for a variation of the conditions of his or her visa relating to travel to New Zealand.

  2. An immigration officer must determine the application in accordance with the residence instructions applicable at the time the application for the variation was made.

  3. However, the Minister may vary conditions of a visa under this section by special direction, as an exception to residence instructions.