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The New Zealand Government and Immigration New Zealand have made further announcements in relation to New Zealand's current border setting and immigration policy. We have collated these announcements and amended our infographic to accommodate for key changes.
Immigration New Zealand have provided a definition of eligible travellers who can travel to New Zealand, this includes:
The government have made the following announcements:
Given that, the date to allow for self-isolation to be used by eligible travellers travelling from Australia has been delayed to the end of February 2022, we anticipate that the entry date to allow for self-isolation to be used by eligible travellers travelling from other countries will also be delayed until at least the end of February 2022 (the previously announced date was 13 January 2022).
All countries removed from Very High Risk country list.
The government have announced a new border class exception for the technology sector will enable 600 specialist tech workers and their partners and dependent children to travel to New Zealand.
The government have renewed the following approved worker border exceptions for:
Based on the information that has been released, New Zealand is taking a prudent approach to keeping the Omicron variant out of New Zealand. We would not be surprised if further delays were implemented, unless there is a further significant shortening of the time gap between the second and third/booster dose of vaccine in New Zealand. It appears still, that the current border setting that is in effect will continue to apply until 1 May 2022.
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