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Visa Information

Note: this information is for a guide only. For the most up to date visa information please visit the New Zealand visa information website: http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/visit/

If you are visiting for three months or less and are from a country in the list below, you will not need a visitor visa.

* Visa waiver does not apply to people travelling on alien's (non-citizen's) passports issued by these countries.
** Residents of Hong Kong travelling on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or British National (Overseas) passports.
*** Portuguese passport holders must also have the right to live permanently in Portugal.
**** Including nationals of the USA.
***** Greek 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.)
****** Permanent residents of Taiwan travelling on a Taiwanese passport. 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.

Also, take note:
United Kingdom and Australia
• British citizens and other British passport holders who produce evidence of the right to reside permanently in the UK can visit for up to six months without a visitor visa.
• Australian citizens and people who hold a current Australian permanent residence visa or a current Australian resident return visa do not need a New Zealand visitor visa to enter New Zealand

All the others may find information about application for the NZ visa here:

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/visit/visitors/process

Invitation Letters

If you need an invitation letter to attend the conference and/or to obtain a visa, the conference organizers will be happy to provide one. However, given the requirements of the New Zealand Immigration service, we need to use the following procedure:

1.  Please pay the conference registration fee. Only those who have registered are entitled to receive an invitation letter.

2.  Then send a request for an invitation letter, together with your confirmation of conference registration from the AIS office, to Lech J. Janczewski, Organizing Chair, ICIS 2014. He can be contacted at lech@auckland.ac.nz. His postal address is Dr Lech Janczewski, Department of ISOM, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.

3.  In the request for an invitation letter please include the following information:

•    First Name and Family Name

•    Affiliation (place of work)

•    Passport No and issuing country

The invitation will then be sent to your email address as the PDF document. You may request a hard copy if needed. In such a case advise us of your mailing address.