| Travel visa for New Zealand |
 Who needs Travel visa for New Zealand?
In some cases, you may be able to travel to New Zealand without a Travel visa. However, if you want to stay in New Zealand longer than your visa free conditions allow – for example, longer than three months, or, if you're from the UK longer than six months - you need to apply for a Visitor’s Visa.
Once you’re in New Zealand, you may stay in New Zealand on a Visitor’s Permit for a maximum of nine months over an 18-month period.
To be eligible to come to New Zealand as a visitor there are a number of requirements you need to meet before you get here and others you must meet during your stay.
To enter New Zealand you need:
• to be in good health and of good character a passport that’s valid for at least three months past the date you are to leave New Zealand
• to be a genuine visitor/tourist, in other words you have plans to leave and can prove this
• proof that you have enough money to support yourself during your stay
• to have the right visa for your visit.
In some cases they may ask you to pay a bond - a sum of money that you’ll get back when you leave - or we may offer you a Limited Purpose Visa.
Before you can enter New Zealand, we may require proof that you can support yourself during your visit. The kind of proof is that you have access to:
• NZ $1000 per person for each month of your stay
or
• NZ $400 per person for each month, if your accommodation is already paid for – you’ll need to show proof, for example, hotel prepaid vouchers.
Evidence of funds can be:
• cash
• travellers cheques
• bank drafts
• a recognised credit card with sufficient available credit.
Travel arrangements
Before you can enter New Zealand, they may require proof of your plans to leave at the end of your visit. The kind of proof they look for is that you have:
• confirmed or open-dated travel tickets out of New Zealand to a country you may rightfully enter
• a letter from an airline or travel agent to say your travel has been booked and paid for
• a declaration by a New Zealand sponsor that they’ll meet the cost of your travel back to your home country once you’ve completed your visit.
You don’t need a Travel visa or permit if you’re:
• a New Zealand citizen or you hold a New Zealand residence permit
• an Australian citizen, or Australian resident who holds a current permanent resident return visa (temporary or provisional resident return visa holders will need a visa to enter New Zealand).
And you don’t need a Travel Visa to visit New Zealand if you’re:
• a British citizen or a traveller holding a British passport who has the right to live in the United Kingdom.
If staying in New Zealand for three months or less, passport holders of certain countries do not require New Zealand Travel visas to enter New Zealand. These countries are:
Andorra, Argentina ,Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil ,Brunei, Canada, Chile, Czech, Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Uruguay
Department of Labour
Address: Unisys House
Level 6
56 The Terrace
Wellington
New Zealand
PO Box 3705, Wellington
Telephone: +64 4 915 4000
Fax: +64 4 915 4015
Web: http://www.dol.govt.nz
Hours: 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday
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