Tourist stay without a visa
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New Zealand for worldschooling families: US passport
Stay limits for adults and children, family long-stay options, homeschooling, tax residency and health, from official sources. Sources last checked: 14 Nov 2026.
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Showing entry rules for 🇺🇸 United States passport holders. Country-wide facts (long stays, education, tax) apply to everyone.
Long-stay option for families
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Homeschooling (residents)
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Tax residency
You become a New Zealand tax resident when you've been in New Zealand for more than 183 days in any 12-month period or have a permanent place of abod…
Source ↗Entry and stay limits (adults and children)
Children: passports, visas and documents
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Children travelling with one parent or without parents
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Passport validity
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Long-stay options that allow dependants
Remote-work / digital nomad visa
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Length of stay
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Income or funds requirement
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Application fee
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Can dependants (spouse, children) join?
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Other long-stay options that allow dependants
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Homeschooling and education
Visiting, not moving? Short-term visitors usually remain under their home country's education rules (or the rules of the country where they are legally resident). A destination's school-attendance and home-education laws generally apply to children who become resident there. This is a general principle, not a legal ruling: if you plan a long stay or residency, check with the education authorities in both countries. In United States, home-education rules are set by your state, province or territory.
Home education for residents
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Compulsory education ages
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Tax residency
When you become tax resident
You become a New Zealand tax resident when you've been in New Zealand for more than 183 days in any 12-month period or have a permanent place of abode in New Zealand.
Updated on 14 Nov 2026 Now confirmed from the official source.
Family incentives
Incentives for families and new residents Not confirmed
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Health: insurance and vaccinations
Official vaccination guidance: CDC: travel health for New Zealand ↗ · GOV.UK: health advice for New Zealand ↗
Vaccination certificates for entry
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Health insurance for long-stay visas
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Official links for New Zealand
- Immigration: Immigration New Zealand ↗
- Tax authority: IRD: tax residency ↗
- UK help and services in New Zealand ↗
Government travel advice by passport
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Data for developers and AI assistants: New Zealand JSON.
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