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New Zealand Police Clearance Certificate (NZ PCC)

Sometimes when you apply for a visa to stay in another country you might be asked for a police clearance certificate (NZ PCC). This can also be called a police record, police file, police check, penal check or criminal check or commonly known as a Police Clearance Certificate.

The equivalent of a PCC is in New Zealand is “Record or Certificate of  Your Criminal Conviction History". As such PCC for New Zealand is same as your criminal record (or criminal conviction history). There is no such document as a police clearance certificate in New Zealand, the above mentioned “Record or Certificate of  Your Criminal Conviction History" is the PCC for New Zealand.

New Zealand Police or New Zealand Department of Justice do not issue any thing called PCC or Police Clearance Certificate, instead they issue a Certificate or Record of Criminal Conviction History of a person and this certificate is considered as a Police Clearance Certificate by all Immigration, Visa and Passport authorities of New Zealand, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Canada, US, UK, Europe, etc. You need to fill up a prescribed application form for requesting your “Criminal Conviction History" and email it to New Zealand Justice Department along with necessary documents as provided in the application form.

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE PERIOD YOU LIVED IN NEW ZEALAND:

Please note that the New Zealand Criminal Conviction History (NZ PCC) is required to be submitted only if your application authority is requiring you to submit your New Zealand PCC, i.e clearance from New Zealand Police for your past & current stay in New Zealand. This certificate is not valid if you require an Indian PCC in New Zealand, that is Indian PCC for the duration of your living in India. You can get Indian PCC from High Commission of India in Wellington if you are in New Zealand.

INDIAN PCC in New Zealand

If you are currently living in New Zealand but need an Indian PCC for any visa application then you should apply for Indian PCC from High Commission of India, Wellington.

To know more about how to get Indian PCC in New Zealand please contact friendly consultants of Visa Factory on 020 47 47 47 7 or 09-8891133.

What Documents are required for New Zealand Police Clearance Certificate (NZ PCC) (Your NZ Criminal Conviction History)

You need to apply for your Criminal Conviction History with the New Zealand Ministry of Justice in a prescribed application form which is provided at the bottom of this page. You can fill this application form on our website at the bottom of this page and download it and can send it by email to Ministry of Justice after signing it and attaching your identification proof:

Your Identification Proof can be copy of ANY ONE of the following documents:

1. your New Zealand driver licence. This can be current or expired within the last 2 years, but must not be cancelled or a temporary licence.
2. your New Zealand passport. This must be signed and can be current or expired within the last 2 years, but must not be cancelled.
3. your overseas passport for example your Indian Passport. This must be signed and valid/current.
4. your New Zealand firearms licence. This must be current.

If you don’t have any of these, you’ll need to ask someone to confirm your identity. They do this by filling in step 5 on the prescribed application form given below.

FEE/COST OF YOUR CRIMINAL CONVICTION HISTORY

There is no fee or charges for this service by New Zealand Ministry of Justice. It’s completely FREE. However, if you wish us to complete your application then we charge a fee starting from $15.

How you can send your application for NZ PCC:

You can scan your form and ID and email them to the following email of New Zealand Ministry of Justice. You can send it as a: pdf, jpg, tif, png, doc or docx file.

Put only your first name and last name in the email subject line.

Email: criminalrecord@justice.govt.nz

How much time it takes for your Criminal Conviction History (NZ PCC) to come

You should receive it within 20 working days by email.

Sending your form and copy of your ID by mail

If you want to post your application then you can post your form and ID to:

Postal address:
Criminal Records Unit
Ministry of Justice
SX10161
Wellington

Application Form For New Zealand Police Clearance (PCC) Certificate

You can fill up/complete the application form on our website itself or on NZ Ministry of Justice website link provided below. Our website link is https://visafactory.co.nz/2019/05/02/new-zealand-pcc-nz-police-clearance-certificate/ (It will download the pdf file on your device and you can then complete it, sign it and email it.

You can also download this application form directly from New Zealand Justice Department from: DOWNLOAD FORM NOW.

To know more about this, please contact friendly consultants of Visa Factory on 020 47 47 47 7 or 09-8891133.