{"question":{"passport":"SVN","destination":"NZL","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Travel authorisation, 3 months","requirement":{"kind":"eta","message":"Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (NZeTA).","schemeName":"NZeTA"},"stay":{"kind":"MONTHS","maxMonths":3,"phrasing":"You may stay up to 3 months."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PURPOSE","text":"The purposes of the visit must not include medical consultation or treatment."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"inz-opsmanual-e2-1","url":"https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/46511.htm","passage":"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\nArgentina\nAustria\nBahrain\nBelgium\nBrazil\nBrunei\nBulgaria\nCanada\nChile\nCroatia\nCyprus\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nEstonia1\nFinland\nFrance\nGermany\nGreece2\nHong Kong3\nHungary\nIceland\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJapan\nKorea (South)\nKuwait\nLatvia1\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania1\nLuxembourg\nMacau4\nMalaysia\nMalta\nMauritius\nMexico\nMonaco\nNetherlands\nNorway\nOman\nPoland\nPortugal5\nQatar\nRomania\nSan Marino\nSaudi Arabia\nSeychelles\nSingapore\nSlovak Republic\nSlovenia\nSpain\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nTaiwan6\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited States of America7\nUruguay\nVatican City","explanation":"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.","publisher":"E2.1 People to whom a visa waiver applies … Effective 03/11/2025"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"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"}}