Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New ZealandNew Zealand visa requirements
Travellers from 61 of 198 countries can visit New Zealand easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit New Zealand
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed2 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- eTA needed59 of 198 passportsA short online form, not a full visa.
- eVisa8 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed127 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Entry is restricted2 of 198 passportsSpecial approval or set entry points.
Types of New Zealand visa
- Tourist and visitor entry6 optionsVisitors can use a visa waiver with an NZeTA (an online travel permit) if eligible. Other visitors need a Visitor Visa.
- Transit visa4 optionsYou can transit only at Auckland Airport. You must stay in the transit area and leave within 24 hours.
- Business visitor entry2 optionsA Business Visitor Visa exists. Eligible APEC Business Travel Card holders can enter without a visa for business trips of up to 90 days.
- Study visa1 optionsLong-term study is covered by temporary entry visas. These have an expiry date and conditions.
- Work visa1 optionsEmployment in New Zealand can be covered by a temporary entry visa. Residence visas also allow work.
- Residence visas3 optionsResidence visas allow you to live, work and study in New Zealand indefinitely. A Resident Visa may have conditions; a Permanent Resident Visa allows unrestricted return travel.
- Online visa1 optionsNew Zealand provides online visas for countries outside its visa waiver arrangements. An NZeTA is a separate online travel permit.
- Visas granted on arrival2 optionsEligible visa waiver visitors can receive a Visitor Visa on arrival. Australian citizens and permanent residents of good character can receive a Resident Visa on arrival.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- AndorraeTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- ArgentinaeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- AustriaeTA requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahraineTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- BelgiumeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BrazileTA requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneieTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaeTA requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- CroatiaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CypruseTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepubliceTA requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EstoniaeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FinlandeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GermanyeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceeTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- HungaryeTA requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyeTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JapaneTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KuwaiteTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- LatviaeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteineTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacaueTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaeTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaeTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiuseTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoeTA requiredNorth America90 days
- MonacoeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NetherlandseTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NorwayeTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- OmaneTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- PolandeTA requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugaleTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatareTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RomaniaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- San MarinoeTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Saudi ArabiaeTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- SeychelleseTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeeTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaeTA requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaeTA requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpaineTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedeneTA requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandeTA requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwaneTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- United Arab EmirateseTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StateseTA requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayeTA requiredSouth America90 days
- Vatican CityeTA requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia180 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahamasVisa requiredCaribbean
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DominicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TuvaluVisa requiredPolynesia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- AfghanistanAdmission restrictedSouthern Asia
- SomaliaAdmission restrictedEastern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe36 of 46 countries
- Asia15 of 50 countries
- Americas7 of 35 countries
- Oceania1 of 13 countries
- Africa2 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter New Zealand without a visa?
61 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
Which territories belong to New Zealand?
Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
What is the most common entry rule for New Zealand?
Visa needed: it applies to 127 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for New Zealand?
127 passports, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 122 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
eVisa.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
eTA needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
eTA needed, for up to 90 days.
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