Oceania
New Zealand
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Pre-employment checks are permissible in New Zealand, provided that the candidate has given their consent and the checks are relevant to the role sought. Such checks may include professional reference checks, criminal record checks, credit checks, social media checks.
Background check summary
Identity: permissible
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
9
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
1.945850907
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
N/A
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
Australian passport
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
N/A
Body name
Department of Internal Affairs
Foreign Citizens
N/A
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
expired passport (within 5 years)NZ citizenship certificate (copy acceptable)NZ permanent residence visa (copy acceptable)NZ birth cert (copy acceptable) (Cook Island, Niue or Tokelau acceptable if post-2006)
Country details
Birthrate
13.76
Population
4,822,233
capital
Wellington
GDP ($/capita)
21600
TLD
.nz
developed/developing
Developed
Currency
New Zealand Dollar
Net migration
4.05
Literacy(%)
99
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