# Do New Zealand citizens need a visa for South Korea?

Visa-free · 90 days — visa-matrix snapshot 2026-07-19.

## Entry rules at a glance

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Entry requirement | visa-free |
| Maximum stay | 90 days |
| How you enter | passport stamp on arrival |
| Data snapshot | visa-matrix 2026-07-19 |
| Source agreement | single source — not cross-checked in this snapshot |

## Which passports need a visa for South Korea?

| Passport | Entry | Max stay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| US | visa-free | 90 days |
| UK | visa-free | 90 days |
| CA | visa-free | 180 days |
| AU | visa-free | 90 days |
| NZ | visa-free | 90 days |
| IE | visa-free | 90 days |

## Official sources

- the Korea Immigration Service (HiKorea) — https://www.hikorea.go.kr/
- SafeTravel, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade — https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/

## Informational, not legal advice

Entry rules change without notice, and individual circumstances — passport
validity, prior visas, purpose of travel — change outcomes a status table
cannot capture. Verify with hikorea.go.kr and safetravel.govt.nz
before booking.

_Source: the open visa-matrix dataset (https://github.com/xpressmike/visa-matrix), snapshot 2026-07-19, CC BY-SA 4.0._