Guides

Official documents in New Zealand

Start a New Zealand document request with its issuer’s checklist. Personal scans help you organise the evidence, but a stored copy is different from an issued certificate or a signed authority to release information.

Read how to order a birth certificate, find an existing IRD number and prepare proof or prepare a passport application.

For a background-record request, prepare acceptable ID and the signed authority for your own criminal record. Keep the Ministry of Justice’s undefaced-ID and file-size requirements in view.

  1. New Zealand criminal record check: request your own record

    Prepare acceptable ID and a signed authority form for your own Ministry of Justice criminal record request, keeping each upload within the stated limit.

    · 2 min read

  2. Order a New Zealand birth certificate: replacement, paper form and saved copy

    Choose the right New Zealand birth certificate order route, distinguish a certificate from a research record, and keep a readable personal copy.

    · 4 min read

  3. Find your IRD number in New Zealand and prepare the proof someone asks for

    Find an existing IRD number through Inland Revenue, myIR or your records, then choose an appropriate document for the organisation requesting proof.

    · 4 min read

  4. New Zealand adult passport application: prepare your photo, referee and records

    Prepare the original digital photo, check your identity referee and organise the records for a New Zealand passport application without altering official files.

    · 4 min read

Tools

NZ tenancy document tools: ID PDFs and rental income copies

Prepare a driver licence PDF, label a passport copy, compress a rental attachment or redact unrelated bank transactions for a tenancy application.

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