Transit visas

Policy Changes
As of 28 March 2008 Immigration New Zealand’s transit visa policy has been extended to
require transit visas for all travel through New Zealand, regardless of embarkation point.

Non-New Zealand citizens will be required to hold a transit visa unless:

• they hold a current New Zealand visa; or
• they are from a country listed on the Immigration New Zealand website as a visa-free
country; or
• their destination is Australia and they hold a current visa to enter Australia; or
• they are a citizen of one or more of the countries specified on the 'transit visa country
waiver list'.

Transit visa country waiver list

Bahamas
Bermuda
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Federated States of Micronesia
Indonesia
Kiribati
Nauru
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Marshall Islands
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Thailand
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Venezuela.

Please note that the transit visa requirements only apply to when you stay within the transit
lounge of a New Zealand airport for less than 24 hours.
If you plan to leave the transit area or your stay in the transit lounge is longer than 24
hours, you will be classified as a visitor, in which case, unless you have a current New
Zealand visa or are from a visa-free country, you are required to hold a visitor's visa.

Required Documents

1. Application form: Transit Visa Application (INZ 1019).
2. Photo: sttach two passport-size photographs of yourself here. The photographs must
   be less than six months old. Write your full name on the back of each photograph.
3. Valid passport.
4. Air-tickets: copies of the actual tickets or copies of the flight schedule and receipt from
   the travel agent.
5. Return envelope: if you would like us to return your passport, please include a self-
   addressed envelope with *JPY510 worth of stamps, or *JPY780 worth of stamps for
   express postage. (* - up to 50g.)

Application fee: JPY6,800.
The fee is waived for Pacific Island nationals.

Processing Times: 3 weeks.

29 November 2010