{"question":{"passport":"CMR","destination":"COK","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa-free, 31 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":31,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 31 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PURPOSE","text":"The purpose of the visit must be one or more of: holidaying, sightseeing, visiting family or others, volunteering for no gain or reward, playing sport for no gain or reward, or exploring a business or employment opportunity."},{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"On arrival the visitor must report to a designated officer, complete an arrival card, and be granted a visitor permit on arrival."},{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"The visitor must hold an acceptable evidence of identity document, not be a prohibited person, be of good character, meet any health requirement, have sufficient funds or sponsorship, and hold an onwards travel plan."},{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"The visitor must not have held more than one International Visitor Permit immediately before applying, without having left the Cook Islands for a continuous period of more than six months; a stay on an International Visitor Permit cannot extend beyond two months."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"ci-immigration-regs-2023","url":"https://mfai.gov.ck/sites/default/files/2023-06/CI%20Immigration%20Regulations%202023%20(18042023).pdf","passage":"A person without continuing rights who intends to travel to, enter, and stay in the Cook Islands as a visitor for less than 90 days … or 31 days … is exempt from the requirement to obtain a visa if the purpose of their visit is 1 or more of the following: … An international visitor is a visitor who is … not a New Zealand citizen and is travelling … to, entering, and staying in the Cook Islands … as a bona fide visitor for no longer than 31 … days.","explanation":"Reg 37(1) exempts a person without continuing rights from the visa requirement for a visit of 31 days for those who are not New Zealand citizens, and Schedule 5's International Visitor Permit definition names that party - a visitor who is not a New Zealand citizen - and fixes the permitted stay at no longer than 31 days, which is the maxDays claimed.","publisher":"These regulations are the Cook Islands Immigration Regulations 2023. … These regulations come into force on 24 April 2023. … Act means the Cook Islands Immigration Act 2021"},"checkedAt":"2026-09-04","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[{"headline":"Visa, 6 months","conditions":[{"kind":"PURPOSE","text":"The applicant must be a bona fide visitor seeking an extended stay, or a volunteer seeking to offer services to the Cook Islands Government or a community organisation."},{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"Applications may be made from offshore or onshore, but no applications for a Long-Term Visitor Visa or Permit may be made at the border."},{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"A New Zealander must not extend their stay as a visitor beyond 12 months at any one time; another foreign national must not extend beyond eight months at any one time."}],"source":{"documentId":"ci-immigration-regs-2023","url":"https://mfai.gov.ck/sites/default/files/2023-06/CI%20Immigration%20Regulations%202023%20(18042023).pdf","passage":"A person without continuing rights who arrives in the Cook Islands and intends to stay in the Cook Islands for 6 months or more must— … A long-term visitor is a person without … continuing rights who is seeking to travel to, … enter, and stay in the Cook Islands for a … period of no longer than six months as a— … (a) bona fide visitor seeking an … extended stay: … (b) volunteer, seeking to offer their … services to the Cook Island … Government or a community … organisation. … 1 Where to apply: … (a) a person without continuing rights … may apply for a Long-Term Visitor … Visa and Permit from offshore or … onshore: … (b) no applications for a Long-Term … Visitor Visa or Permit may be made … at the border.","explanation":"Schedule 5 defines the Long-Term Visitor Visa and Permit for any person without continuing rights (every roster issuer) who seeks an extended stay of up to six months as a bona fide visitor or volunteer, and states that no application may be made at the border, so it must be arranged in advance; the permit's condition fixes the stay at no longer than six months (and the visa at a single trip within six months), which is the maxMonths claimed.","publisher":"These regulations are the Cook Islands Immigration Regulations 2023. … These regulations come into force on 24 April 2023. … Act means the Cook Islands Immigration Act 2021"}}],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}