{"id":7020641,"date":"2025-06-18T13:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=7020641"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:45:37","slug":"e-gates-in-new-zealand-extended-to-11-new-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/extension-des-e-gates-en-nouvelle-zelande-a-11-nouveaux-pays\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand extends e-gates to 11 new countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand recently expanded its <strong>access to its e-gates automated terminals to 11 new countries<\/strong>The Group's activities are carried out in a number of countries, mainly in Europe, including Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway and the Vatican, as well as in Macao (Special Administrative Region of China) and several Middle Eastern countries, including Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progressive, secure deployment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows a successful trial phase, during which New Zealand customs authorities worked with Immigration New Zealand to ensure that e-passports from these countries met the necessary security and biometric requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">48 countries now eligible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, e-gates are now available to nationals of 48 countries, with more nationalities expected to be added by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits of e-gates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customs.govt.nz\/personal\/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand\/travelling-to-new-zealand\/egate\">E-gates<\/a> use biometric software and electronic passport data to carry out <strong>controls in seconds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This system enables agents to focus more on high-risk travellers and baggage screening, while stepping up the fight against illegal activities such as drug trafficking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Currently, about <strong>70 % of passengers arriving in or departing from New Zealand are screened via these automated kiosks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capture-decran-2025-06-18-a-12.24.21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7020645\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capture-decran-2025-06-18-a-12.24.21.png 840w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capture-decran-2025-06-18-a-12.24.21-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capture-decran-2025-06-18-a-12.24.21-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capture-decran-2025-06-18-a-12.24.21-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>e-gates, <em>Christchurch International Airport<\/em>New Zealand<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Towards an optimized travel experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Williams, Acting Head of Border Operations at New Zealand Customs, <strong>encourages new eligible passport holders to use this service<\/strong>which offers a <strong>self-service passage on arrival and departure<\/strong>. He also points out that the combined use of e-gates and other digital solutions, such as online travel declarations, will help to <strong>further reduce airport waiting times<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand recently extended access to its e-gates kiosks to 11 new, mainly European, countries, including Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway and the Vatican, as well as Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) and several Middle Eastern countries, including Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. 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