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[Customs reference OIA 25-370]

 

Kia ora Mr Lee

 

Thank you for your email to the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs)
received on 22 May 2025, referencing your previous request to Customs
[Customs Reference OIA 24-759] , and advising that you  would like to make
another request since early 2025 has passed and no updates have been
implemented seeking the timetable about using eGate in NZ for Hong Kong
SAR, Macau SAR, and British National (Overseas) passport users.

 

Today, Customs has just published the media release below on the Customs
Website advising that from 26 May 2025, ePassport holders from a further
11 countries and territories to use its eGates and will later this year
enable further countries to use the eGates.

 

[1]https://www.customs.govt.nz/about-us/new...

 

Ngā mihi

 

Debbie Kay Manager, Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing,
International and Governance |New Zealand Customs Service

 

 

 

 

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