New Zealand visa requirements

Q: Do I need a visa for New Zealand?

It depends on your passport. EU citizens: travel authorisation required, up to 90 days (NZ$23 plus NZ$100 visitor levy). US citizens: travel authorisation required, up to 90 days (NZ$23 plus NZ$100 visitor levy). UK citizens: travel authorisation required, up to 90 days (NZ$23 plus NZ$100 visitor levy). Romanian citizens: travel authorisation required, up to 90 days (NZ$23 plus NZ$100 visitor levy). Pick your passport on the page for the rule that applies to you, checked against New Zealand's official page on 2026-08-09.

Q: Does New Zealand have an arrival card?

Yes — the New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD), required. In the 24 hours before you fly. You need: passport, flight number, the full address of your first night, what food, outdoor gear and medicines you are carrying. The biosecurity questions are the point and are taken seriously — undeclared food carries an instant fine.

The rule for your own passport, from New Zealand's official immigration page, with the date it was last checked. The same answer for every guide in New Zealand: Queenstown, Auckland, Rotorua, Fiordland & Milford Sound, Wellington.

Passport

Travel authorisation requiredup to 90 daysNZ$23 plus NZ$100 visitor levy

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico

NZeTA plus the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy, paid together. UK passports get six months rather than three.

No visa needed

Australia

Australian citizens may live and work in New Zealand indefinitely.

Visa required in advance

Every other passport

How to get it: Apply through the official Immigration New Zealand app or website — it is cheaper in the app. Allow 72 hours.

New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) — required

When: In the 24 hours before you fly.

Have ready: passport, flight number, the full address of your first night, what food, outdoor gear and medicines you are carrying.

The biosecurity questions are the point and are taken seriously — undeclared food carries an instant fine.

Official form · checked 2026-09-11

Official government source · checked 2026-08-09

Entry rules change often and depend on your passport, your route and the purpose of the trip. Confirm on the official page before booking.

The guides in New Zealand

buildings near body of water and mountains under clear blue sky and white clouds at daytime

QueenstownNew ZealandThe adventure capital, ringed by mountains and lake

The Auckland skyline and harbor under a warm low sun in New Zealand

AucklandNew ZealandA city built on fifty volcanoes, with an island ferry from the bottom of the street

The Champagne Pool near Rotorua is a colorful crater lake in the geothermal area of Waiotapu.

RotoruaNew ZealandGeysers, boiling mud and a smell of sulphur, in the centre of Māori New Zealand

Fiordland & Milford SoundNew ZealandSheer black walls dropping into deep water, in a place that rains two hundred days a year and is better for it

a body of water with a city on the other side of it

WellingtonNew ZealandA harbour capital wedged between hills and sea, with the best coffee and the worst wind in the country