Make your arrival in New Zealand a smoother experience by filling out your New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) before you get here. You can submit it up to 24 hours before starting your trip to New Zealand.
Your declaration will take about 10 minutes to complete and you’ll need to answer the questions in English. You can update it at any time, up until you get to the border in New Zealand.
Information you need to provide when filling out your NZTD includes:
- Your passport, contact and flight details;
- Your immigration status (if required);
- Details about your trip, including your recent travel history;
- Items you are bringing into New Zealand, including in your carry on bags and checked in luggage.
With the NZTD app you can:
- Scan your passport to add your passport details;
- Add and complete multiple declarations, for example, for your children;
- Use offline mode to enter information while you’re flying or out of WiFi or data range. You need to be online to start or submit a declaration.
Once you’ve submitted your NZTD there’s nothing more you need to do. You won’t have to print anything out or show a QR code. Your NZTD will automatically show up when your passport is scanned at the border.
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Is NZTD free?
Yes, NZTD is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is NZTD legit?
🤔 The NZTD app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
Poor lazy unnecessarily minimalist programming technique.
Would be particularly frustrating for seniors and inexperienced app users.
Examples -
1) phone number entry. Try it to see what I mean. The requirement to first enter the country code should be shown;
2) after partially completing the declaration ahead of time and going back in to finalise it within the 24hr window you are presented with an “Incomplete” button in grey under your partial submission, or “Complete this declaration” as a full width bright blue button. Clicking the obvious “Complete this declaration” button launches a brand new declaration. You in fact have to click the grey “Incomplete” button (a colour usually associated with unclickable);
3) scan passport camera orientation is fixed in assumed portrait mode - doesn’t allow for tablet locked in landscape mode;
4) after completing the declaration and getting a green “Submitted” button in place of the grey “Incomplete” button mentioned above, the big blue “Complete this declaration” button is still shown on the home page. Which of course launches a new declaration! And makes you question whether the declaration has in fact been fully submitted!
5) also after completing the declaration clicking the green “Submitted” button launches an edit process, which is already available by the traditional “edit pencil” button to the right margin. Unnecessary and confusing operation.
Helpful
Filling out the declaration form while sitting at our gate before the fight was so easy! Thanks
Easy
Easy to use
Non-use of saved profile
I would expect details from my saved profile to be used to auto-populate some of the details asked for.
Great to have an online declaration form
It has take a little bit of getting use to i.e scrolling down instead of the app automatically moving down, but it great to have the space to be able to properly type out what you need to
Good app
Should be able to download outside of New Zealand
Simple and effective
Love this app and the entire declaration / arrival process into Auckland. It used to be pretty challenging, often with long delays.
Now it’s seamless, and efficient.
Credit for storing bio-data now also, avoiding re-entry!
Overall, proud to use this technology and proud to be a kiwi.
Thank you for giving me just that little bit of time back.
I appreciate this is a critical process to protect our island, but it’s awesome you’ve found a way to make this as painless as possible.
Mr Warwick Reid
I had to use my wife’s phone as the app froze on my Samsung.
Would not scan on wife’s I phone.
Awesome
Excellent and very easy to do!
Great app
Love this app. Well thought out. Allows you to define lollys as opposed to other food.
Saves time and paper !
