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New Zealand visa requirements in 2026

What New Zealand's border demands, by nationality — 63 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Registration New Zealand Traveller Declaration — complete it before you travel. Official form ↗
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Who can enter New Zealand

Fiji — Embassy VisaTanzania, United Republic of — Embassy VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUnited States — Electronic Travel AuthorizationKazakhstan — Embassy VisaUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — Embassy VisaIndonesia — Embassy VisaArgentina — Electronic Travel AuthorizationChile — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomaliaKenya — Embassy VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Embassy VisaDominican Republic — Embassy VisaRussian Federation — E-VisaBahamas — Embassy VisaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGreenland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationFrench Southern Territories — Electronic Travel AuthorizationTimor-Leste — Embassy VisaSouth Africa — Embassy VisaLesotho — Embassy VisaMexico — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUruguay — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBrazil — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBolivia, Plurinational State of — Embassy VisaPeru — Embassy VisaColombia — Embassy VisaPanama — Embassy VisaCosta Rica — Embassy VisaNicaragua — Embassy VisaHonduras — Embassy VisaEl Salvador — Embassy VisaGuatemala — Embassy VisaBelize — Embassy VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Embassy VisaGuyana — Embassy VisaSuriname — Embassy VisaFrance — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEcuador — Embassy VisaPuerto RicoJamaica — Embassy VisaCuba — Embassy VisaZimbabwe — Embassy VisaBotswana — Embassy VisaNamibia — Embassy VisaSenegal — Embassy VisaMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Embassy VisaBenin — Embassy VisaNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Embassy VisaGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Embassy VisaGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Embassy VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Embassy VisaEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Embassy VisaMalawi — Embassy VisaMozambique — Embassy VisaEswatini — Embassy VisaAngola — Embassy VisaBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Embassy VisaPalestine, State of — Embassy VisaGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Embassy VisaAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Electronic Travel AuthorizationQatar — Electronic Travel AuthorizationKuwait — Electronic Travel AuthorizationIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Electronic Travel AuthorizationVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — Embassy VisaThailand — Embassy VisaLao People's Democratic Republic — Embassy VisaMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — Embassy VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — Electronic Travel AuthorizationMongolia — Embassy VisaIndia — Embassy VisaBangladesh — E-VisaBhutan — Embassy VisaNepal — Embassy VisaPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Embassy VisaKyrgyzstan — Embassy VisaTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Embassy VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — Visa Not RequiredPoland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationAustria — Electronic Travel AuthorizationHungary — Electronic Travel AuthorizationMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLithuania — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLatvia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEstonia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGermany — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBulgaria — Electronic Travel AuthorizationGreece — Electronic Travel AuthorizationTürkiye — Embassy VisaAlbania — Embassy VisaCroatia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSwitzerland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLuxembourg — E-VisaBelgium — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNetherlands — Electronic Travel AuthorizationPortugal — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSpain — Electronic Travel AuthorizationIreland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew ZealandAustralia — Visa Not RequiredSri Lanka — E-VisaChina — E-VisaTaiwan, Province of China — Electronic Travel AuthorizationItaly — Electronic Travel AuthorizationDenmark — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUnited Kingdom — Electronic Travel AuthorizationIceland — E-VisaAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — Embassy VisaPhilippines — Embassy VisaMalaysia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBrunei Darussalam — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSlovenia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationFinland — Electronic Travel AuthorizationSlovakia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCzechia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Electronic Travel AuthorizationParaguay — Embassy VisaYemen — E-VisaSaudi Arabia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationCyprus — Electronic Travel AuthorizationMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Embassy VisaDjibouti — Embassy VisaUganda — Embassy VisaRwanda — Embassy VisaBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — Embassy VisaMontenegro — Embassy VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Embassy VisaSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
Visa Not Required Electronic Travel Authorization E-Visa Embassy Visa
Visa Not Required 2
Australia
Ukraine
Electronic Travel Authorization 61
Andorra
Argentina
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hong Kong
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Macao
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
E-Visa 10
Bangladesh
British Indian Ocean Territory
China
Iceland
Luxembourg
Russian Federation
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Sri Lanka
Ukraine
Yemen
Embassy Visa 129
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Türkiye
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
New Zealand's entry routes
Electronic Travel Authorization
Fee
17 NZD
Processing
72 hours
Validity
2 years
Apply online ↗
Visa Required
Fee
441 NZD
Processing
2 weeks
Apply online ↗

Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.