The Deputy Chairperson of the Education and Workforce Committee is calling for public submissions on the Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Bill.

This bill proposes changes to the Immigration Act 2009. If enacted this bill would amend the fiscal sustainability and integrity of the New Zealand immigration system.

The fiscal sustainability amendments would expand the classes of people to whom immigration levies can be charged. The Bill would also allow these levies to be spent on specified costs outside the immigration system, such as education or healthcare.

System integrity amendments would include:

• changing the definition of mass arrivals to reflect trends in international people smuggling
• re-establishing flexible responses that allow special directions to be made under unusual circumstances
• clarifying existing provisions and introducing a new Ministerial power regarding residence class visas
• improving the system’s responsiveness to human rights and civil liberty concerns.

Tell the Education and Workforce Committee what you think

Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Monday 28 July 2025.

For more details about the bill:

• Read the full content of the bill
• Get more details about the bill
• What’s been said in Parliament about the bill?

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