新西兰入籍费一年两度上调：成人收费641新西兰元，申请量预计2027/28年度突破10.2万件
新西兰入籍申请费用一年内两度上调。据《新西兰先驱报》（NZ Herald）10月20日报道并援引内阁材料，现行收费为：以授予方式入籍（citizenship by grant）的成人（16岁及以上）申请费为641新西兰元，儿童（15岁及以下）为320新西兰元。该费用适用于所有申请入籍的居民，包括在新西兰定居的华人居民。
此次收费此前已经历两轮上调：2025年11月21日上调19%，2026年8月28日再上调14.4%。在2025年11月之前，成人授予入籍申请费为470.20新西兰元，一年内累计涨幅超过三成。主管入籍事务的新西兰内政部（Department of Internal Affairs，DIA）负责相关收费与审批。
内阁材料预计，入籍申请量将大幅上升。2021年推出的2021 Resident Visa 在2021年底至2024年间向21.2万多人发放居留权，这批持有人正陆续达到入籍资格年限。材料援引历史数据称，持居留签证者中约65%最终会申请入籍。
据此测算，入籍申请量预计在2027/28年度达到峰值，超过102,000件，而2025/26年度约为43,000件。此外，新西兰拟于2027年底起推行新的入籍考试，其费用尚待内阁后续决定后另行确定。
New Zealand Citizenship Fee Rises Twice in a Year to NZ$641 as Applications Are Forecast to Peak Above 102,000
The cost of becoming a New Zealand citizen has risen twice in a year. The NZ Herald reported on October 20, citing Cabinet material, that citizenship by grant now costs NZ$641 for adults aged 16 and over and NZ$320 for children aged 15 and under. The fees apply to all residents applying for citizenship, including Chinese residents settled in New Zealand.
The fee rose 19 percent on November 21, 2025, and a further 14.4 percent on August 28, 2026. Before November 2025, the adult citizenship by grant fee was NZ$470.20, meaning the charge has risen by more than a third within a year. Citizenship fees and processing are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA).
Cabinet material quoted in the report said a large increase in citizenship by grant applications is expected as holders of the 2021 Resident Visa, which granted residency to more than 212,000 people from the end of 2021 until 2024, become eligible. Historically, around 65 percent of people with a residency visa go on to apply for citizenship, the material said.
Applications are forecast to peak at over 102,000 in 2027/28, compared with around 43,000 in 2025/26. The report also said the cost of new tests for grant citizenship, being rolled out from late 2027, is yet to be confirmed, with further Cabinet decisions needed to set the final fee.
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