People from some countries don't need a visa to enter New Zealand. However, they are still required to provide:
- travel tickets or evidence of onward travel arrangements, and
- evidence of funds for maintenance (for more details go to Operations Manual E4.50)
Short visits
If you are visiting for three months or less and are from a country in the list below, you will not need a visa.
| Andorra
Bahrain Brunei
Chile Denmark
France Hong Kong**
Ireland Japan
Latvia* Luxembourg
Mexico Norway
Portugal*** San Marino
Slovak Republic Spain
United Arab Emirates Vatican City |
Argentina
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus Estonia*
Germany Hungary
Israel Korea (South)
Liechtenstein Malaysia
Monaco Oman
Qatar Saudi Arabia
Slovenia Sweden
United States of America**** |
Austria
Brazil Canada
Czech Republic Finland
Greece***** Iceland
Italy Kuwait
Lithuania* Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Singapore
South Africa Switzerland
Uruguay |
* Visa waiver does not apply to people travelling on alien's (non-citizen's) passports issued by these countries.
** Residents of Hong Kong travelling on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or British National (Overseas) passports.
*** Portuguese passport holders must also have the right to live permanently in Portugal.
**** Including nationals of the USA.
***** Greek passport holders whose passports were issued on and after 1 January 2006. (Greek passports issued before 1 January 2006 are not acceptable for travel after 1 January 2007.)
United Kingdom and Australia
British citizens and other British passport holders who produce evidence of the right to reside permanently in the UK can visit for up to six months without a visa.
Australian citizens and people who hold a current Australian permanent residence visa or a current Australian resident return visa do not need a New Zealand visa to enter New Zealand.
See section E2.1.5 of our Operational Manual for full details about visa-free countries.