V3.70 Crew members joining vessels or aircraft

1. Crew members who hold a crew ETA before travelling to New Zealand and travel to New Zealand as a passenger on a commercial aircraft for the purpose of leaving New Zealand as aircraft crew or as cruise ship crew, may be granted a visitor visa on arrival in New Zealand for:
   1. 7 days for aircraft crew; and
   2. 35 days for cruise ship crew.
2. Crew members will need to obtain a visitor visa before travelling to New Zealand if they:
   1. do not hold a crew ETA and they travel to New Zealand as a passenger on a commercial aircraft for the purpose of leaving New Zealand as aircraft crew or as cruise ship crew.
   2. are not described in (a) or (b)(i) and are from a country that does not have a visa waiver agreement with New Zealand and they are entering New Zealand to join a vessel that will then depart for another country or an aircraft that will then depart for another country.
3. A visitor visa allowing a maximum stay of 28 days will be granted to applicants under (b) above if they provide fully documented evidence of their engagement as a crew member in New Zealand.
4. Visitor visas granted under these instructions will have conditions enabling the holder to work as crew, in or on the craft.

Effective 01/10/2019