Medical certificates for online applications
Applicants who make an online application under a working holiday scheme and receive instructions to provide a General Medical Certificate and/or a Chest X-ray Certificate should follow one of the steps below, depending on where they get their medical certificates.
I have been advised to provide medical certificates and I am in a country where eMedical is available
Check the list of approved panel physicians. After the panel physician completes your General Medical Certificate and/or Chest X-ray Certificate, they will electronically complete and send your medical information directly to Immigration New Zealand. You are not required to do anything.
I have been advised to provide medical certificates but eMedical is not available in the country where I am
Check the list of approved panel physicians. After the panel physician completes your paper-based General Medical Certificate and/or Chest X-ray Certificate, they will send the certificate(s) to Immigration New Zealand on your behalf.
I am applying from New Zealand and I have been advised to provide medical certificates
If you are using a physician from our list of approved panel physicians, the panel physician will complete your General Medical Certificate and/or Chest X-ray Certificate via eMedical and electronically send your medical information directly to Immigration New Zealand.
What should I do if additional documents are required?
If you have received an email that requests additional documents (for example, evidence of your qualifications and English language), you should send your information sheet with a unique NZER number, or paper-based General Medical Certificate and/or Chest X-ray Certificate to the address given in that email.
You should keep the X-ray film/CD in case it is requested by Immigration New Zealand later.