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New Zealand visa rules for Botswana passport holders

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The answer

e-Visa needed. Botswana passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit New Zealand.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’E-VISA

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Official source

immigration.govt.nzImmigration New ZealandChecked 29 Oct 2026

If we approve your application, we will give you an eVisa and send you a copy.

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Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave New Zealand.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What New Zealand passport holders need to visit Botswana.

New Zealand passport Botswana

Visa-free · 90 days

Maximum stay
Up to 90 days

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Botswana passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Wellington, nearest first.

No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Wellington

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Wellington, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 21.2°CLow 13.2°CRain 62 mm
  2. FebHigh 21.7°CLow 13.6°CRain 55 mm
  3. MarHigh 20.4°CLow 11.9°CRain 61 mm
  4. AprHigh 18.0°CLow 9.3°CRain 64 mm
  5. MayHigh 15.9°CLow 8.2°CRain 81 mm
  6. JunHigh 13.6°CLow 6.1°CRain 107 mm
  7. JulHigh 12.9°CLow 5.0°CRain 102 mm
  8. AugHigh 13.3°CLow 5.8°CRain 94 mm
  9. SepHigh 14.9°CLow 7.7°CRain 92 mm
  10. OctHigh 15.8°CLow 9.3°CRain 122 mm
  11. NovHigh 17.5°CLow 10.2°CRain 86 mm
  12. DecHigh 19.6°CLow 12.5°CRain 90 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 14 to 20 years between 1991 and 2010, computed by One Time Livin’.

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