Use the date your flight or vessel reaches New Zealand, not the date it leaves the first country. This local checker uses YYYY-MM-DD.
Choose air or sea. The official form opens flight fields for air travel and vessel or port fields for sea travel.
Declare food, animal or plant products, soil or water, equipment used with animals or plants, used outdoor gear, and recent wilderness, animal, or farm contact. When unsure, declare it.
Use the country of birth requested by the NZTD. Answers in the declaration must be in English.
Match the passport date. This local checker uses YYYY-MM-DD; use the official form's date controls when submitting.
Confirm only after checking that every answer is true, correct, and complete. Changes made later must be resubmitted before passport control.
Use an inbox you control. NZTD sends the reference number and submission information by email.
Use the English or Latin spelling shown in the passport you will use to enter New Zealand.
Air travellers should enter the flight arriving in New Zealand. Sea travellers use the vessel and port fields instead. This checker accepts common airline-code and flight-number formats.
Enter every given name from the passport used to enter New Zealand. Do not drop a middle given name.
Choose the official option that matches your passport, New Zealand visa or residence status, Australian passport or permanent residence, or visitor-visa-on-arrival situation.
Select the nationality shown on the passport you will use to enter New Zealand.
If you will stay at several places, enter the first New Zealand address. Use English.
Match the expiry date on the passport used to enter New Zealand. This local checker uses YYYY-MM-DD; use the official form's date controls when submitting.
Copy the number from the passport you will use to enter New Zealand. This checker uses a broad alphanumeric range because NZTD publishes no universal web length limit.
Include the country or region code for a number where you can be reached.
Answer every question about medicines, restricted goods, alcohol, tobacco, goods over the allowance, business goods, items carried for another person, and NZD $10,000 or more in cash or equivalent.
List every country outside New Zealand visited during the previous 30 days, including airport transit.