New Zealand Phrasebook

22 terms and phrases for government offices

Get an IRD number and file your first IR3 as a newcomer to New Zealand

Passport

Passport

INZ application number

Immigration New Zealand application number

Category B document

Secondary photo identification (Category B)

Proof of address

Proof of address

Overseas tax number

Home-country tax identification number

Reason-for-application evidence

Evidence of reason for applying

IR997 (Customer due diligence)

New Zealand bank account or IR997 customer-due-diligence form

Certified translation

Certified translation

Marriage / civil-union / deed-poll certificate

Name-change document

Income and deduction records

IR3 supporting records

Citizenship by Grant — 5-Year Physical Presence and Character Requirement

Passport, Certificate of Identity, or Refugee Travel Document

Valid or most recent passport

New Zealand or overseas birth certificate

Birth certificate or birth record

Passport-style photograph less than six months old

Passport-style photograph

Declaration of debt owed to the New Zealand government

Debt declaration

Declaration of criminal offences and convictions

Convictions declaration

Identity referee or witness

Identity referee

Evidence of English language ability

English-language evidence

Civil-status certificates where applicable

Marriage, divorce, or name-change certificates

Police certificates from any qualifying overseas country

Overseas police certificates

Publicly-funded healthcare eligibility in New Zealand: residence, work-visa, and reciprocal routes

eVisa

eVisa confirmation

NHI

National Health Index number

Primary Health Organisation

Enrol with a General Practice and a Primary Health Organisation