# Burkina Faso passport to Cook Islands: Visa on arrival

Current access classification: **Visa on arrival** — Visa available at the border or airport.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Cook Islands: ordinary short visitor permit granted on arrival** (Visa on arrival)
  Cook Islands Immigration exempts short visitors without continuing rights from an advance visa, but requires an arrival report, arrival card and a visitor permit granted on arrival. The arrival-issued permit is normalized as visa_on_arrival.
  - This policy applies only to a person without Cook Islands continuing rights who travels as a short visitor for an allowed visitor purpose. It is not citizenship, permanent-residence, work, study, special-entry, transit, crew, cruise-only, or special-document treatment.
  - The Regulations exempt the visitor from obtaining a visa but make the exemption conditional on reporting on arrival, completing an arrival card, and being granted a visitor permit on arrival. The arrival-issued permission controls this project’s normalization as visa_on_arrival rather than visa_free.
  - New Zealand citizens travelling on New Zealand passports have visitor scope below 90 days; other international visitors have visitor scope below 31 days. No unstated duration or Australian-specific duration is inferred from amendment material.
  - Entry remains conditional on acceptable identity, character, health, sufficient funds or sponsorship, and onward travel. Arrival grant is not guaranteed.
  - No current official source establishes an ETA, eVisa, or advance-visa requirement for this initial ordinary short-visitor route. Online application links and emailed visa letters concern other, extended, or already approved visa-and-permit classes and are not reclassified here.
  - Cook Islander and permanent-resident continuing rights depend on status/document evidence, not a catalog passport code. The separate 72-hour crew and cruise permit waivers are outside ordinary short-tourist scope.
  Official sources:
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Government of the Cook Islands: Cook Islands Immigration Regulations 2023](https://mfai.gov.ck/sites/default/files/2023-06/CI%20Immigration%20Regulations%202023%20%2818042023%29.pdf)
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Government of the Cook Islands: Cook Islands Immigration: Visa and Permit Criteria](https://mfai.gov.ck/visa-and-permit-criteria)
  - [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Government of the Cook Islands: Cook Islands Immigration: Definitions and continuing rights](https://mfai.gov.ck/definitions)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/burkina-faso-cook-islands-visa-on-arrival)
- [Burkina Faso passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/burkina-faso)
- [All passport requirements for Cook Islands](https://multipassrank.com/destination/cook-islands)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)