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.
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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

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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

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developed/developing