Transit visa waiver countries
Citizens of some countries do not have to apply for a visa before passing through New Zealand as a transit passenger but must request an NZeTA.
Before you travel to New Zealand
- Protect yourself from immigration scams
- New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA)
- Check if you need an NZeTA or visa
- Travellers who do not need an NZeTA
- Arriving by cruise ship
- Transiting through New Zealand to another country
- Visa waiver countries and territories
- Transit visa waiver countries
- Paying the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL)
In transit through New Zealand
If you are passing through Auckland International Airport on your way to another country you do not have to apply for a visa if you are from a transit visa waiver country.
You have to request an NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) before you travel.
List of transit visa waiver countries
- Bahamas
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Indonesia
- Kiribati
- Nauru
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Republic of Marshall Islands
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela