Who doesn't need a visitor's visa

If you’re coming to NZ on holiday, you don’t need to apply for a visitor visa if you’re:

• an Australian citizen or permanent resident
• a UK passport holder who’s visiting NZ for less than 6 months
• visiting for less than 3 months and from:
• Andorra
• Argentina
• Austria
• Bahrain
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Chile
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia (and you're not travelling on a non-citizen's (alien's) passport)
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece (and your passport was issued after 1 January 2006)
• Hungary
• Hong Kong (and you're travelling on a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or British National (Overseas) passport)
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Korea (South)
• Kuwait
• Latvia (and you're not travelling on a non-citizen's (alien's) passport)
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania (and you're not travelling on a non-citizen's (alien's) passport)
• Luxembourg
• Macao (and you're travelling on a Macao Special Administrative Region passport)
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Oman
• Poland
• Portugal (and you also have the right to live permanently in Portugal)
• Qatar
• Romania
• San Marino
• Saudi Arabia
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan (and you also have the right to live permanently in Taiwan)
• United Arab Emirates
• United States of America (including USA nationals)
• Uruguay
• Vatican City.

You should check whether you’ll be allowed into New Zealand if you’ve:

• served time in prison
• been deported from any country
• been involved in known criminal or terrorist groups.

If you do need a visitor's visa

How to apply for a visitor's visa