New Zealand
Polish passportEdit check
Travel authorisation, 3 months
Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (NZeTA).
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- The purposes of the visit must not include medical consultation or treatment.
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
Add entry dateSource & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
A visa waiver means a waiver of the requirement to hold a visa permitting travel to New Zealand in relation to any class of persons. A person travelling to New Zealand visa waiver is required to hold an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) unless exempt … 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 purposes of the visit is not for medical consultation or treatment: … Andorra Argentina Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia1 Finland France Germany Greece2 Hong Kong3 Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea (South) Kuwait Latvia1 Liechtenstein Lithuania1 Luxembourg Macau4 Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Oman Poland Portugal5 Qatar Romania San Marino Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan6 United Arab Emirates United States of America7 Uruguay Vatican City
Aevamo’s reading
E2.5 is the operative immigration instruction (certified under the Immigration Act 2009) that imposes the regime's default rule: a non-citizen may travel to New Zealand only as the holder of a visa, or as a visa waiver traveller holding an ETA. The Act s 14 it implements sits on legislation.govt.nz which refused all fetch attempts.
E2.1 lists these countries under the three-month visitor visa waiver and states that every visa waiver traveller must hold an ETA, so each of these nationals needs an ETA in advance and may stay at most three months per visit.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
E2.1 effective 03/11/2025; E2.5 effective 01/07/2019; E12.1/E12.15 effective 03/02/2025; INZ pages Crown copyright 2026
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.