About New Zealand Declaration Form
What is NZ Traveller's Declaration Form?
- It is free.
- Takes about 10 minutes but it is okay if you take longer.
- You can do it on your mobile phone or computer.
- You can complete it within 24 hours of starting your trip to New Zealand.
- Someone you trust can help you complete it or do it on your behalf (with your permission).
- A declaration needs to be completed for each traveller, including babies and children.
- There is a paper declaration form available, for travellers who cannot complete it online.
How to start a declaration
You can start and complete a New Zealand Traveller Declaration:
- on a web browser
New Zealand Traveller Declaration - on the NZTD app, which you can download at the App Store or Google Play
Download on the App Store
Get it on Google Play
Once you have started your declaration, you will be emailed a reference number that you can use to review, complete or make changes to your declaration. Take note of this reference number, just in case you need it on arrival into New Zealand.
Information you need to provide
- Passport details
- Contact details in New Zealand
- Travel history from the last 30 days
- Flight details
- Information about what you are bringing into New Zealand, including checked-in luggage and carry-on bags
- Immigration status including your visa or NZeTA, if you need one.
What you need to declare
Some items can carry harmful pests and diseases and need to be declared. This includes things like some foods, used outdoor equipment, animal and plant products. You also need to declare medicines, tobacco, alcohol and if you are carrying $10,000NZD or more cash (or equivalent) into New Zealand.
Your travel declaration is a legal document. False declarations can lead to penalties including confiscation of goods, a minimum instant fine of $400NZD, prosecution, imprisonment, and deportation from New Zealand.
If you’re unsure about what you can and can’t bring into New Zealand, check out the Biosecurity online tool.
Check if you can bring or send an item to NZ – Manatū Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries
How to declare items when arriving in New Zealand – Manatū Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries
Submitting your declaration
You can submit your declaration within 24 hours of starting your trip to New Zealand.
Once you have submitted your declaration, you will receive an email that includes information on what you need to know to enter New Zealand, based on what you have told us.
You do not need to print anything out.
Changing your declaration
You can use the reference number that has been emailed to you to review, complete or make changes to your declaration.
You will need to resubmit your declaration if you make any changes to it.
You can no longer make any changes to your declaration after you have gone through passport control in New Zealand. If you have forgotten to declare something, you will need to talk to a border officer.
If you are carrying a restricted or prohibited item and do not declare it, you may be fined or prosecuted.
Support completing your declaration
If you are having trouble with your declaration, you can ask someone you trust to help you or to fill it out on your behalf. There is a paper declaration form available on arrival, if needed. You do not need to fill in a paper declaration form if you have completed a digital declaration.
Remember the declaration is free to complete. Get in touch with our contact centre if you have questions.
Long-haul journey and stopovers
Travelling with a stopover
If you have a stopover (you leave the airport and take your bags with you) you need to submit your declaration 24 hours before your flight leaves your stopover location.
For example, if you are flying from London to Auckland via Singapore, and are staying the night or leaving Singapore airport and taking your bags with you, you will need to submit your declaration 24 hours before your flight leaves Singapore.
Travelling without a stopover
If you are travelling long-haul (on multiple flights without a stopover), you can submit your declaration 24 hours before the first leg of your journey.
For example, if you are flying from London to Auckland via Singapore, you can submit your declaration 24 hours before you leave London, as long as you (and your bags) are not leaving the airport in Singapore.
Travelling on multinational passports
Please enter the details of the passport you will use to enter New Zealand when completing your New Zealand Traveller Declaration.
For example, if you are using a UK passport to leave Europe but a New Zealand passport to enter New Zealand, enter the details of your New Zealand passport in your declaration.
Changes to your flight
If you make a change to your flight booking, you need to update your digital declaration to reflect your new flight details. Please make sure you resubmit your declaration.
Travellers who do not need to complete a declaration
Travellers who are transiting through New Zealand and stay in the transit area of an airport do not need to complete a declaration.
Travellers unexpectedly arriving in New Zealand due to an emergency may not need to complete a declaration. This includes people who arrive in New Zealand after having been medically evacuated, rescued at sea, or on a temporary basis due to weather conditions.
For more details => https://www.travellerdeclaration.govt.nz/
