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NZ citizenship travel impact simulator

Test a past, current or future overseas trip and see how it changes your estimated citizenship presence date and five-year window.

Methodology last reviewed: 8 August 2026

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Latest calculation loaded: your resident start date and existing travel history are ready. Enter the trip you want to test below. It can be in the past, ongoing or in the future. Expand Baseline details only if you want to review or edit them.

Trip you want to test

Departure dateReturn date

Baseline detailsResident start + existing travel used for comparison

Resident start dateUse the visa grant date if you were already in NZ, or your first resident entry date if the Resident Visa was granted overseas.

Existing travel history

Add trips that already affect your baseline estimate.

Estimated trip impact

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With tested trip—

Estimated change—

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The shared summary includes only the before/after estimates and estimated impact. Resident, travel-history and tested-trip dates are not included.

Why the date changes

Before vs after five-year timeline

Both columns use the same comparison date. The purple segments show only the trip being tested, so you can see which part of the five-year window it changes before any estimated date moves.

Eligible in NZExisting travelTrip being testedBefore resident status

Without tested tripComparison five-year window

At the same comparison dateWindow + tested trip

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Past, current or future

One simulator for different travel questions

If you came from the presence calculator, your latest resident and travel dates load automatically. If you opened this page directly, enter your baseline details here and use the same simulator.

For a completed past trip, the simulator compares the historical earliest qualifying estimate with and without that trip. For an ongoing or future trip, it compares the current-or-next planning estimate. A trip that ended before resident status does not reduce resident-presence days. This remains an independent estimate, not a travel clearance or an official DIA decision.

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NZ citizenship travel impact simulator

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Before vs after five-year timeline

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