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Nauru visa rules for New Zealand passport holders

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The answer

No. New Zealand passport holders need a visa to visit Nauru.

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Official source

ronlaw.gov.nrRepublic of Nauru, RONLAW (Nauru's online legal database): Immigration Regulations 2014, consolidated to Service 4 (31 March 2025)Checked 31 Oct 2026

(9) All applicants from Australia and New Zealand shall on submitting their application for a visitor visa, provide a sponsorship letter written and signed by a Nauruan citizen who is currently residing in Nauru.

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Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a sponsorship letter written and signed by a Nauruan citizen living in Nauru, sent with the visa application.
  • Apply before travel by email to Naoero Immigration.
  • Needs a ticket out of Nauru and the documents to enter the next country.
  • May be asked to show means of support.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months.

An applicant for a visa shall hold a valid passport or travel document that is not due to expire within 3 months after the date of the application.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Nauru passport holders need to visit New Zealand.

Nauru passport New Zealand

e-Visa

The Pacific Islands Forum countries are: the Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Nauru Palau Papua New Guinea Republic of the Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Nauru passport to New Zealand, full page

Visa-free nearby

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

  1. KiribatiTarawa, about 700 km from YarenVisa-free · 90 days
  2. MicronesiaPalikir, about 1,280 km from YarenVisa-free · 30 days
  3. FijiSuva, about 2,320 km from YarenVisa-free · 4 months
  4. Wallis & FutunaMata-Utu, about 2,340 km from YarenVisa-free · 3 months
  5. New CaledoniaNouméa, about 2,420 km from YarenVisa-free · 90 days

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

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