Calm down, Gill. all is not lost

. The migrant levy is only paid after you've had a successful result from INZ. It's about 300 NZ$ per successful applicant and you have a few months to pay it once you've been accepted. You won't get your blue PR stickers in your passport until you pay it though.
Page 5 on
here tells you how much you pay and if you look on
here you'll see when you need to pay it. It's the last fee you pay

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