Applicants for visas must be of good character. You may have to supply a police certificate (or similar) as evidence of good character, depending on which policy you apply under.

Police clearance certificates must be less than six months old when the application is lodged.

We may ask for further police certificates if the initial police clearance certificate becomes a year old from its date of issue before we make a decision on your application; or within the 12-month period if there is good reason to do so.

Temporary entry visa

• All applicants aged 17 years or over who are working, visiting, or studying in New Zealand for 24 months or longer must provide a police clearance certificate.
• Use this Fiji Police Clearance Application PDF [171KB] to submit your request for a police clearance certificate to the Officer in Charge, CID, Police Headquarters, Suva, Fiji.
• The Fiji Police will release the police clearance certificate to the Suva Branch of INZ, who will forward it to the branch processing your application.