New Zealand Visa

Visitors Visa and Passports

Checking in for your trip

When you check in you must show that you:

• have a valid passport or travel document, and

• hold the right visa or an NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority).

Check your passport

You may not be allowed to check in if your passport is not valid for travel to New Zealand. Check that it will not expire until:

• 3 months after the date you plan to leave New Zealand, or

• 1 month after the date you plan to leave New Zealand — if your passport was issued by a country that has a New Zealand embassy or consulate that issues passports of that country.

You can check with your embassy or consulate if they issue passports in New Zealand. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade has a list of embassies and Consulates within New Zealand on their website.

Note:

Make sure you also check with the airline you are flying with their rules on passport validity and expiry. Some airlines require you to have 6 months validity on your passport when you travel.

If you live in New Zealand permanently — for example, if you have a resident visa — your passport only needs to be valid for travel to New Zealand.

Make sure that your passport has not been:

• damaged

• reported as lost or stolen, or

• invalidated by the government that issued it.

If you need an NZeTA

You must hold an NZeTA if you are boarding a flight or cruise that leaves for New Zealand, and you:

• are visiting on a passport from a visa waiver country — that is, a country whose passport holders do not need to get a visa before they travel to New Zealand

• are a cruise ship passenger

• are passing through Auckland International Airport to another country and travelling on a passport from a visa waiver country or a transit visa waiver country

• are passing through Auckland International Airport as a transit passenger to or from Australia, or

• have a permanent resident visa for Australia that lets you return to Australia from another country.