# Cook Islands entry answer

New Zealand passport → Cook Islands
Entry date: 2026-09-12

Visa-free, 90 days
You can travel without arranging a visa.
You may stay up to 90 days.

Conditions:
- The purpose of the visit must be one or more of: holidaying, sightseeing, visiting family or others, volunteering for no gain or reward, playing sport for no gain or reward, or exploring a business or employment opportunity.
- On arrival the visitor must report to a designated officer, complete an arrival card, and be granted a visitor permit on arrival.
- The visitor must hold an acceptable evidence of identity document, not be a prohibited person, be of good character, meet any health requirement, have sufficient funds or sponsorship, and hold an onwards travel plan.
- The visitor must not have held more than one New Zealand Visitor Permit immediately before applying, without having left the Cook Islands for a continuous period of more than six months; a stay on a New Zealand visitor permit cannot extend beyond six months.

Source: https://mfai.gov.ck/sites/default/files/2023-06/CI%20Immigration%20Regulations%202023%20(18042023).pdf
Source checked: 2026-09-04
Data snapshot: 2026-09-10

This establishes the recorded entry rule and stay allowance, not admission, work permission, residence rights or a tax position.
https://aevamo.com/requirements/nzl/cok/

## Source passage

> A person without continuing rights who intends to travel to, enter, and stay in the Cook Islands as a visitor for less than 90 days (for New Zealand citizens), or 31 days (for those who are not New Zealand citizens), is exempt from the requirement to obtain a visa if the purpose of their visit is 1 or more of the following: … A person to whom subclause (1) applies must, as a condition of their exemption from obtaining a visa,— (a) report on arrival in the Cook Islands to a designated officer; and (b) complete an arrival card and be granted a visitor permit on arrival in the Cook Islands to stay in the Cook Islands

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