If you arrived after 2 April 1974…
Acceptable evidence to prove your residence status includes:
- New Zealand passport
- A current or expired passport or travel document endorsed with your New Zealand Residence permit or previous Returning Resident’s Visa
- The original letter you received when you were first granted residence in New Zealand
If you arrived before 2 April 1974…
and did not receive a residence permit, you must provide evidence that you arrived before this date and have lived in new Zealand or Australia continuously ever since.
Acceptable evidence which must all be dated in New Zealand before 2 April 1974 may include:
- a New Zealand driver’s licence
- bank statements
- employment references
- New Zealand school reports
- marriage certificates
- any other evidence requested by Immigration New Zealand