π Roaming with Kiwi VoIP Mobile
Happy Travels! βοΈ We hope you have a great trip. Here's everything you need to know about using your Kiwi VoIP Mobile service overseas.
π« How to Enable Roaming
Roaming is disabled by default on Kiwi VoIP Mobile. Before you travel:
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Log a support ticket to request roaming to be enabled on your number.
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Ensure your phone supports 4G with VoLTE enabled. Many countries no longer support 3G (e.g. Australia), so VoLTE is essential.
πΆ When You Arrive
If roaming is available at your destination:
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Youβll receive a Welcome SMS from our mobile carrier (2degrees).
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This will confirm whether youβre in a $8 Daily Roaming destination.
π² Roaming Costs
There are three destination types:
Destination Type | Cost | Details |
---|---|---|
$8 Destinations | $8/day | Use NZ mins, texts, and data |
No Data Destinations | Varies | Charged pay-as-you-go |
No Service Destinations | N/A | Roaming not supported |
π Add-ons and extras are not included in Daily Roaming and may incur extra charges.
π± What Triggers the $8 Daily Rate?
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Making or receiving a call (even if unanswered and diverts to voicemail)
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Sending a text
-
Using mobile data (including background app activity)
π Some destinations like Fiji, Samoa, or Tonga charge $1.15/min instead of $8/day.
π Managing Roaming Usage
You can view usage in the Kiwi VoIP portal. Usage depends on:
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Your device and its settings
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The network at your location
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How your apps use data
β To avoid surprises:
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Turn mobile data off
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Use WiFi when possible
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Disable background data refresh
π WiFi Calling
If supported, you can enable WiFi Calling on your phone to call/text via any WiFi network β perfect for hotels or airports.
πΊοΈ Full Roaming Rates by Country
Destination |
Daily Roaming |
Daily Fee |
Receive Calls |
Make Calls |
Send SMS |
Data |
Afghanistan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Albania |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Algeria |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Angola |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Anguilla1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Antigua & Barbuda1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Argentina |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Armenia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Aruba |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Australia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Austria |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Azerbaijan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Bahamas |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Bangladesh |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Barbados1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Belarus |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Belgium |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Belize |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Benin |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Bermuda |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Bhutan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Bolivia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Botswana |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Brazil |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
British Virgin Islands1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Brunei |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Bulgaria |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Burundi |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Cambodia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Cameroon |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Canada |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Cape Verde |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Cayman Islands1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Chile |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
China |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Colombia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Congo |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Cook Islands ^ |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15/min |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Costa Rica |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Croatia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Cuba |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Cyprus1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Czech Republic |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Denmark |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Destination |
Daily Roaming |
Daily Roaming Cost |
Receive Calls |
Make Calls |
Send SMS |
Data |
Djibouti |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Dominica1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Dominican Republic |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Ecuador |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Egypt |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
El Salvador |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Equatorial Guinea |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Estonia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Faroe Islands |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Fiji ^ |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15/min |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Finland |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
France |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
French Guiana |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
French Polynesia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Gabon |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Gambia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Georgia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Germany |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Ghana |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Gibraltar |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Greece |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Greenland |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Grenada1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Guadeloupe |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Guam (Northern Mariana Islands) |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Guatemala |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Guernsey2 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Guinea Bissau |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Guinea Conakry |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Guyana1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Haiti |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Honduras |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Hong Kong |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Hungary |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Iceland |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
India |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Indonesia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Iraq |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Ireland |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Isle of Man2 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Israel |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Italy |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Jamaica1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Japan |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Jersey2 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Jordan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Kazakhstan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Kenya |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Kiribati |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Kosovo |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Kuwait |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Kyrgyzstan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Laos |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Latvia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Lebanon |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Lesotho |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Liberia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Liechtenstein |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Lithuania |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Luxembourg |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Macau |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Macedonia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Malaysia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Maldives |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Mali |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Malta |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Martinique |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Mauritius |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Mexico |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Moldova |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Mongolia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Montenegro |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Montserrat1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Morocco1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Mozambique |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Myanmar |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Namibia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Nauru ^* |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15/min |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Nepal |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Netherlands |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
New Caledonia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Nicaragua |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Niger |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Nigeria |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Norway |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Oman |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Pakistan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Palestine |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Panama |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Papua New Guinea^ |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15/min |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Paraguay |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Peru |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Philippines |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Poland |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Portugal |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Puerto Rico |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Qatar |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Romania |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Rwanda |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Saint Kitts and Nevis1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Saint Lucia1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Samoa ^ |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15/min |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
San Marino |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Sao Tome and Principe |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Saudi Arabia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Serbia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Seychelles |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Sierra Leone |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Singapore |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Slovakia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Slovenia |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Solomon Islands |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
South Africa |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
South Korea |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
South Sudan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Spain |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Sri Lanka |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Sudan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Suriname |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Sweden |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Switzerland |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Taiwan |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Tajikistan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Tanzania |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Thailand |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Timor Leste |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Tonga ^ |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15/min |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Trinidad & Tobago |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Turkey |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Turks & Caicos1 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Uganda |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
United Arab Emirates |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
United Kingdom |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
United States3 |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Uruguay |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Uzbekistan |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Vanuatu ^ |
Yes |
$8 |
$1.15 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Vatican |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Vietnam |
Yes |
$8 |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Rate |
Plan Data |
Yemen |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Zambia |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
Zimbabwe |
No |
N/A |
$1.15 |
$3.35 |
$0.91 |
N/A |
π³οΈ In-flight & Cruise Roaming
Roaming is available on some flights and cruise ships. Rates:
-
Calls made: $5.05/min
-
Calls received: $1.15/min
-
SMS: $0.91 per message
-
Data: β Not available
Check with your airline or cruise provider for compatibility.
Need help or want roaming enabled?
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