{"question":{"passport":"NRU","destination":"NZL","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"inz-opsmanual-e2-5","url":"https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/34164.htm","passage":"A person who is not a New Zealand citizen may travel to New Zealand only if the person:is the holder of a visa and the travel is consistent with the conditions of the visa; or is a person to whom a visa waiver applies and holds a valid Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) (from 1 October 2019) (see E2.1).","explanation":"E2.5 states the default rule: a non-citizen may travel to New Zealand only as the holder of a visa, unless they are a visa waiver traveller holding an ETA; these issuers are on no waiver list, so they must obtain a visitor visa in advance.","publisher":"E2.5 Who needs a temporary entry class visa to travel to and be in New Zealand … See also Immigration Act 2009 s 14 … Effective 01/07/2019"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[{"headline":"Travel authorisation, 3 months","conditions":[{"kind":"HOLDS_VISA","text":"The person must be travelling from Australia and hold one of the eligible Australian visa types set out at E2.1.1."},{"kind":"PURPOSE","text":"The purposes of the visit must not include medical consultation or treatment."}],"source":{"documentId":"inz-opsmanual-e2-1","url":"https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/46511.htm","passage":"citizens of the following countries, but only if:the person concerned is seeking a visitor visa current for not more than three months; and the purpose of the visit is not for medical consultation or treatment; and the person is travelling from Australia; and the person holds one of the eligible Australian visa types as set out at E2.1.1 below. … Federated States of Micronesia\nFiji\nKiribati\nNauru\nPalau\nPapua New Guinea\nPeople's Republic of China\nRepublic of Marshall Islands\nSamoa\nSolomon Islands\nTonga\nTuvalu\nVanuatu","explanation":"E2.1 grants these countries a three-month visa waiver on condition the traveller is coming from Australia holding an eligible Australian visa; when that condition is met the holder needs an ETA and may stay up to three months.","publisher":"E2.1 People to whom a visa waiver applies … Effective 03/11/2025"}}],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}