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.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
New Zealand visa rules for Rwanda passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting New Zealand.
The answer
e-Visa needed. Rwanda passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit New Zealand.
- Entry
- e-Visa
- Stay
- Not stated by the source
- Covers
- Tourist entry
If we approve your application, we will give you an eVisa and send you a copy.
Before you go
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 Rwanda.
New Zealand passport Rwanda
- Maximum stay
- Up to 30 days
1. No visa required for a stay of thirty (30) days for: Citizens of countries members to the following international organisations; African Union, Commonwealth and La Francophonie - Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Canada, Cape Verde, Congo, Cyprus, Dominica, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Fiji, France, Gabon, Grenada, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Saharawi Arab Republic, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Visa-free nearby
Other places Rwanda 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.
Weather in Wellington
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Wellington, month by month.
- High 21.2°CLow 13.2°CRain 62 mm
- High 21.7°CLow 13.6°CRain 55 mm
- High 20.4°CLow 11.9°CRain 61 mm
- High 18.0°CLow 9.3°CRain 64 mm
- High 15.9°CLow 8.2°CRain 81 mm
- High 13.6°CLow 6.1°CRain 107 mm
- High 12.9°CLow 5.0°CRain 102 mm
- High 13.3°CLow 5.8°CRain 94 mm
- High 14.9°CLow 7.7°CRain 92 mm
- High 15.8°CLow 9.3°CRain 122 mm
- High 17.5°CLow 10.2°CRain 86 mm
- High 19.6°CLow 12.5°CRain 90 mm
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