Overseas payments
Overseas payments for child support
If you are a paying parent living outside New Zealand, you can pay child support by:
- posting us a bank draft made out in New Zealand dollars, with a negotiating New Zealand bank printed on it
- posting us a personal cheque in the currency of the country where you are now living
- making a telegraphic transfer at a bank , or
- using your debit or credit card (see below).
Please do not send a money order in a foreign currency, as it can only be redeemed in the country where that currency is used.
See where to post your cheque or bank draft.
Telegraphic transfer
Telegraphic transfers (also known as wire transfers, fedwire transfers and SWIFT payments) allow you to quickly send money to us from an overseas bank.
Most trading and retail banks provide a telegraphic transfer service. However, not all banks can make these transfers in New Zealand dollars (which they must be for child support payments).
Telegraphic transfers can be expensive and charges applied by banks can vary. You will need to contact your bank to enquire about their fees and to see if they can send the amount in New Zealand dollars.
Each bank has its own unique telegraphic transfer from that you will need to complete to make a payment to Inland Revenue. You can use the Telegraphic transfer form (under the "forms and guides" section) to help you fill it in.
Debit or credit card payment
You can make a debit or credit card payment through our online facility with either MasterCard or Visa.
From 1 July 2008, people who use a debit or credit card to make a child support payment will no longer incur a 2.49% bank convenience fee.
Make a debit or credit card payment now
Date published: 30 Jun 2008
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