Japan stay days for New Zealand passport holders
A New Zealand passport holder is listed for Japan's short-stay visa exemption and is normally granted a 90-day period of stay on landing.
Key facts
- Permitted stay
- 90 days on landing for a temporary visit
- How days count
- The landing permission states the authorised period. Plan to leave on or before its expiry date.
- Arrival and departure
- Immigration grants the period on arrival. The passport and purpose must satisfy the temporary-visitor conditions.
- Extensions
- A standard visa-exempt visitor should not assume an extension is available.
- Official source
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan visa-exemption list
Plan with the right rule
Use the exact period granted at entry and recheck the official source before booking any stay close to the limit.
Exceptions and unsupported cases
Paid work is not allowed under temporary-visitor status. Different rules apply to non-ordinary passports and other purposes.
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Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Japan visa-exemption list
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