Do I need a visa for New Zealand?
New Zealand sets its own entry requirements, and most visitors arrange permission before departure rather than on arrival.
Now pick the passport you travel on.
Entry rules by passport
Select your nationality for the full answer: stay length, passport validity, pre-registration and how to apply.
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What to do next
The part most visa checkers leave out: what actually needs doing before you fly.
Confirm with the official source
Rules change without notice, and only the immigration authority of New Zealand can tell you where you stand. Search for its official site before you travel.
Check your passport
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months beyond your arrival date. Renew first if you are close, because this is the most common reason travellers are turned away.
Traveller Declaration required
Separate from any visa: New Zealand requires this registration before or on arrival. Do it even if you need no visa.
Good to know about New Zealand
New Zealand and Australia are separate entries. Permission for one does not cover the other, so a trip taking in both needs each in its own right.
Common questions
Entry to New Zealand, answered from the same rules the table shows.
On the 21 most-checked passports listed above, yes: every one has to arrange something before travelling to New Zealand. The table gives the exact document each nationality needs.
6 months. Renew before you travel if you are close to that, because it is one of the most common reasons travellers are refused boarding — by the airline, before they ever reach the border.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still be offered one, so check the rule for the passport you hold.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still have one available.
Yes. New Zealand requires Traveller Declaration, separately from any visa and regardless of whether you need one. Travellers who are told they need no visa miss this most often.
Once you are in New Zealand
Where trip1 travellers go, and what to read before you book.
Travelling somewhere else?
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