Cook Islands: visa, passport and entry requirements

Entry document

• ✓Passport
• ✕National ID card

Passport validity
For Cook Islands and Niue: 6 months. For Tokelau: check Samoa's travel advice.

Your passport must have an ‘expiry date’ at least 6 months after the date you plan to leave the Cook Islands and have at least 2 blank pages. For Tokelau, your passport must meet the validity requirements for travel to Samoa. For Niue, your passport must have an ‘expiry date’ at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave the Cook Islands and have at least 2 blank pages. — Check with your travel provider that your passport and other travel documents meet requirements. Renew your passport if you need to. You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen.

Visa

Depends on length of stay

Cook Islands: Apply for extensions at least 2 weeks before your visa or permit expires. Tokelau: Get permission from the Tokelau council (‘Taupulega’) before you travel and buy boat tickets from the Tokelau office in Samoa. Niue: Email Niue’s immigration department. — Cook Islands: up to 31 days, extensions possible for a total stay of 5 months. Niue: up to 30 days. — Extensions may have a fee. Information not available for Tokelau or Niue.

Recommended vaccinations

Yellow fever vaccination

if you’re coming from a country listed as a transmission risk