[quote:b828f977cd="Glenda"] Our passports run out in three years time ... just a thought, does anyone know whether they will have to be sent back and renewed in the UK, then sent back to Wellington to have the visa replaced? :icon_confused: [/quote:b828f977cd]

I can't speak for NZ, but when our passports run out they are renewed at the British Embassy in whatever country we happen to be in at the time (at great cost, of course :icon_rolleyes: ). Then we have to use the old passports in tandem with the new ones until the current visas runs out and a new one is installed in the new passports. Bit of a pain really.