# Australia entry and residence for New Zealand citizens: Trans-Tasman arrangements > Eligible New Zealand citizens can receive Australia's Special Category visa (subclass 444) on arrival, allowing them to live and work in Australia indefinitely while it remains valid. This is not an unconditional permission: character and health requirements apply at the border. Stretch does not convert the arrangement into a numeric visa allowance. Indefinite stay under the arrival arrangement, subject to character and health requirements at the border. Provenance: the Trans-Tasman zone rule and its cited instrument; no country-row trust or lastChecked metadata exists. Source: https://doastretch.com/visa/new-zealand-passport/australia/ New Zealand passport · Australia · free movement Rights not days Trans-Tasman Zone-rule provenance · no country-row confidence or checked date Eligible New Zealand citizens can receive Australia's Special Category visa (subclass 444) on arrival, allowing them to live and work in Australia indefinitely while it remains valid. Next step **How we know** This page comes from the separate Trans-Tasman zone rule, not from a country rule. The instrument in the sources is the provenance for the right. The ordinary country-row confidence signals do not exist for this route, and Stretch says so rather than borrowing them. Sources are listed further down the page. ## What this right means This is not an unconditional permission: character and health requirements apply at the border. Stretch does not convert the arrangement into a numeric visa allowance. ## How Stretch treats this stay Stretch can still log days of presence for travel history and tax-day tallies, but it does not show a visa allowance, days left or a must-exit date for this free-movement route. ## Sources - **Free-movement instrument:** [Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement — AU Special Category visa (subclass 444) / NZ resident visa on arrival](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/special-category-visa-subclass-444), zone source retrieved 2026-08-16 ## Questions New Zealanders ask about Australia **Do New Zealanders need a visitor visa for Australia?** Eligible New Zealand citizens can receive Australia's Special Category visa (subclass 444) on arrival, allowing them to live and work in Australia indefinitely while it remains valid. The governing basis is the Trans-Tasman zone rule, not a country visa-waiver row. **How long can New Zealanders stay in Australia?** Indefinite stay under the arrival arrangement, subject to character and health requirements at the border. **What conditions apply at the border or after arrival?** Character and health requirements apply. Border authorities decide whether the arrival permission is granted. **How is this route sourced?** The page is projected from the Trans-Tasman zone rule and the instrument it cites. There is no country row for this route, so no country-row lastChecked date, access trust label or stay-length trust label is available. 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