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INZ 1020

November 2014

Application for a

Variation of Conditions or a

Variation of Travel Conditions

for changing the conditions of a temporary visa

Who may apply for a variation of conditions?

Visitor visa holders

You may be able to apply for a variation of conditions to allow

You may be able to apply for a variation of conditions if

you to study part-time or to undertake seasonal work in the

you hold a student visa, a work visa, or a visitor visa. Your

horticulture or viticulture industries. If you hold a visitor visa

application will only be granted if the new conditions would

granted for the purpose of being a guardian to a foreign fee-

meet the immigration instructions your original visa was

paying student, your variation of conditions will only allow you

issued under.

to work between the hours of 9:30 am and 2:30 pm Monday to

Student visa holders

Friday (inclusive) or to study part-time.

You may be able to apply for a variation of conditions to

Who may apply for a variation of travel conditions?

allow you to change the course you are studying and/or the

You may apply for a variation of travel conditions if you hold a

education provider you are studying with, or to allow you to

student visa, a work visa or a visitor visa and you wish to leave

work part-time and/or full-time during your holidays.

New Zealand and return under the same visa conditions.

If you want to apply for a variation of conditions to change the

What should you send with your application?

course you are studying and/or the education provider you

When you have completed the form use the checklist at the

are studying with, you must obtain a variation of conditions

end to make sure you have sent all the documents we need.

before changing your course and/or education provider.

Please contact us on 0508 558 855 to discuss your situation if

Where do you send your application?

you need help applying for a variation of conditions.

Send it to your nearest Immigration New Zealand office. See

If you withdraw from your course of study and/or education

for office addresses.

provider before varying the conditions of your visa, you will be

in breach of your visa conditions. Applicants who breach their

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

visa conditions may not ordinarily be granted a variation of

Under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 it is an

conditions and may become liable for deportation.

offence to provide immigration advice without being licensed

If you are the legal guardian of someone who holds a student

or exempt. If your immigration adviser is not licensed when

visa which is conditional on them living with you, you may be

they should be, Immigration New Zealand will return your

able to apply for a variation of conditions which temporarily

application.

exempts them from this requirement. The variation of

For more information and to view the register of licensed

conditions will only be granted if an immigration officer is

advisers, go to the Immigration Advisers Authority website

satisfied that an emergency exists which requires you to

or email info@iaa.govt.nz.

temporarily return to your home country.

Lawyers provide immigration advice and are exempt from

Work visa holders

licensing under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act. For

You may apply for a variation of conditions to allow you

more information and to view the register of immigration

to change your occupation, your employer or your place

lawyers, go to the New Zealand Law Society website

of employment, or to study part-time. If you are changing

employer, your new employer must complete the Employer

VisaView

Supplementary [INZ 1113] Form, unless your new employer is

t is an offence to employ a person who is not entitled to work

an Accredited Employer.

in New Zealand. One way for employers to avoid committing

If you hold an Essential Skills work visa and wish to change

this offence is to check a person’s entitlement to work

your occupation or place of employment, you will need to

with Immigration New Zealand’s online VisaView system.

apply for a new work visa, unless your occupation is listed

Disclosure of information through VisaView is authorised by

on the Essential Skills in Demand Lists and you meet the

legislation.

requirements of the relevant list.

If you believe that an employer has been given the wrong

entitlement information via VisaView you may contact the

Immigration Contact Centre (0508 558 855) to request

correction of that information.

immigration.govt.nz

Form Inz 1020 - Application For A Variation Of Conditions Or A Variation Of Travel Conditions

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