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Australia visa rules for New Zealand passport holders

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The answer

Visa on arrival. New Zealand passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Australia.

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Official source

immi.homeaffairs.gov.auAustralian Government Department of Home AffairsChecked 26 Oct 2026

New Zealand citizens with a valid New Zealand passport do not need to apply for a visa before coming to Australia. When you enter Australia you can apply for a Special Category visa (subclass 444) (SCV). If you meet the criteria for the SCV we will grant you the visa.

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Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Hold a valid New Zealand passport; the Special Category visa (subclass 444) is granted on arrival.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Australia passport holders need to visit New Zealand.

Visa-free nearby

Other places New Zealand passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Canberra, nearest first.

  1. New CaledoniaNouméa, about 2,220 km from CanberraVisa-free · 90 days

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Weather in Canberra

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

  1. JanHigh 29.5°CLow 14.2°CRain 58 mm
  2. FebHigh 28.0°CLow 13.7°CRain 59 mm
  3. MarHigh 25.0°CLow 11.0°CRain 48 mm
  4. AprHigh 20.9°CLow 6.7°CRain 30 mm
  5. MayHigh 16.6°CLow 2.9°CRain 28 mm
  6. JunHigh 13.1°CLow 1.2°CRain 50 mm
  7. JulHigh 12.4°CLow 0.2°CRain 41 mm
  8. AugHigh 14.0°CLow 1.1°CRain 45 mm
  9. SepHigh 17.4°CLow 3.7°CRain 55 mm
  10. OctHigh 20.9°CLow 6.5°CRain 51 mm
  11. NovHigh 24.2°CLow 9.7°CRain 68 mm
  12. DecHigh 27.0°CLow 12.1°CRain 61 mm

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

Averages of 26 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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