Certification of Identity Documents

ID types

  • Signed passport and proof of address* 

OR

  • Firearms licence and proof of address* 

OR

  • Driver licence and bank card or driver licence and SuperGold Card (both front and back of each card) and proof of address*

OR

  • Driver licence (front and back) and a current bank statement showing proof of address*

*Proof of address can be a current bank statement, utilities bill or government issued document – issued within the last 12 months

    The certifier must:

    • sight and take a copy of the original document
    • write their full name, occupation and date, and sign the copy no more than 3 months prior to us receiving it
    • write one of the following statements on each of the copies:
      • for photographic identification documents: “I certify that this is a true copy of the original document, which I have personally sighted, and the photograph is a true likeness”.
      • for all other identification documents: “I certify that this is a true copy of the original document, which I have personally sighted”.

    Who can certify:

    • New Zealand Honorary Consul
    • Lawyer
    • Chartered accountant
    • Notary public
    • Justice of the Peace
    • Registered medical doctor
    • Registered teacher
    • Police officer.

    The certifier cannot be:

    • someone who is related to you; for example a parent, a child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle or cousin
    • a spouse or partner
    • a person who lives at the same residential address
    • a person involved in the transaction or business requiring the certification.