New and replacement New Zealand passports are issued by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) London Office — often referred to as the London Passport Office. The High Commission in London has no involvement with issuing New Zealand passports.
The London Passport Office is currently operating under restricted conditions. For urgent enquiries, you can email or call the London Passports Team between 10am-2pm, Monday to Friday (UK-time): 020 7968 2730 or London@dia.govt.nz. For urgent and non-urgent passports, apply online.
Contact details:
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7968 2730
- Telephone enquiries: Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm (UK-time)
- Email enquiries: London@dia.govt.nz
- Website: www.passports.govt.nz/contactus/in-the-united-kingdom(external link)
NZ Passport Office Department of Internal Affairs
1 Pall Mall East, London, SW1Y 5AU, United Kingdom
General information:
www.passports.govt.nz/Apply-for-or-renew-a-New-Zealand-passport(external link)
Current processing timeframes can be found online here Passport timeframes | New Zealand Passports(external link)
The latest passport fees are listed on the website: www.passports.govt.nz/Fees-and-charges---adult-passports(external link) for information on other fees i.e. Citizenship registration and Birth, Death and Marriages, please refer to the websites www.dia.govt.nz/New-Zealand-citizenship(external link) and www.dia.govt.nz/Births-deaths-and-marriages(external link).
Payment
The Passport Office only accepts debit and credit cards (not Diners Club). It does not accept cash, cheques, Euro Cheques or overseas cheques including New Zealand currency.
We strongly recommend you confirm fees with the London Passport office before completing your application.
Transferring UK Visas into New Zealand Passports
If you have had a new NZ passport issued, and have a UK permit in the old one, you need to apply to UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) to have the visa / permit reissued in the new passport.
Neither the High Commission, nor the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Passport Office, has any authority to transfer a UK visa from an expired / lost / stolen New Zealand passport to a new one. This can only be done by the UKVI.
There are new rules and you may need to apply for a biometric residence permit (BRP) instead. More information can be found at this website www.gov.uk/transfer-visa(external link) or www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits(external link) or contact the UKVI directly:
Immigration Enquiry Bureau
UK Visas and Immigration
Lunar House, 40 Wellesley Road Croydon, Surrey, CR9 2BY
Phone: 0300 123 2241
Call charges apply – see the website for details www.gov.uk/call-charges(external link)
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4:45pm / Friday, 9am to 4.30pm
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration(external link)