New Zealand Apostille Service

Certify documents issued in New Zealand for official use in Canada and abroad.

Certify documents issued in New Zealand for international use
Documents issued in New Zealand can be officially certified for international use with an apostille stamp or by consular legalization (depending on the intended country of use).

Isarey provides expedited New Zealand Apostille services with secure collection and delivery of documents worldwide by courier. We also attest New Zealand documents at the embassies of Kuwait, UAE and Vietnam in Wellington, and at he embassy of Qatar in Canberra.

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New Zealand Documents that can be authenticated with Apostille Stamps

  • Apostille Birth and marriage and death certificates issued in New Zealand at the Department of Internal Affairs.

    Birth and marriage and death certificates

    We apostille Birth and marriage and death certificates issued in New Zealand at the Department of Internal Affairs' Authentication Unit. We can order new copies of certificates directly in New Zealand to obtain apostille stamps, or we can make a certified copy from a good-quality scan.
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  • Apostille New Zealand Criminal Conviction History Certificates at the Department of Internal Affairs.

    Criminal Conviction History

    We authenticate New Zealand Criminal Conviction History Certificate with apostille stamps obtained from the Department of Internal Affairs. We also legalize New Zealand police checks at the UAE embassy in Wellington and Qatar embassy in Canberra.
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  • Apostille New Zealand University degree certificates

    New Zealand Education Certificates

    Apostille New Zealand University degree certificates and other types of academic and professional qualifications awarded in New Zealand.

  • Notarized Documents

    Powers of Attorney, Affidavits, certified passport copies, contracts and other private documents certified by a notary in New Zealand.

  • Incorporation Documents

    Certify New Zealand corporate documents including certificates of incorporation, certificates of good standing, articles of association, board resolutions for use abroad.

  • Trade documents

    Apostille New Zealand certificates of origin, certificates of free sale, commercial invoices, product health certificates, GMP certificates and other trade documents

  • Certified Translations

    Legalize certified and sworn translations of New Zealand documents. We offer translation services from English to all major European and Asian languages for submission abroad and to embassies and consulates in New Zealand.
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Examples of New Zealand Apostille Stamps

Obtaining Apostilles and legalizing documents in New Zealand

Isarey can obtain Apostille Stamps for your New Zealand documents. Our expert local team in New Zealand will ensure that your documents are attested securely and successfully in the shortest time. We will take care of the entire procedure, dealing with local notaries, embassies, translators and government agencies.

Isarey provides document attestation services in New Zealand to private, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. To find out about certifying New Zealand documents for use in Canada and abroad, use our online quotation form or email us a scan or description of the documents you need to certify. We will get back to you directly with a quotation and details of how to proceed:

6 steps to certify document issued in New Zealand

  1. Upload the documents you need attested or send them to us by email.
  2. Our experts will pre-check your documents to ensure that they are eligible for Apostille certification or consular legalization in the country where they are issued, and we’ll assist you locally in preparing them if required.
  3. We’ll send you a quotation with the total cost of the process (final price including all fees, certified translation when required and courier costs) and an estimation of how long the process will take to complete.
  4. We’ll arrange a secure courier to collect your original documents (where electronic versions are not sufficient).
  5. As soon as we receive your documents, we will confirm your order and proceed with the attestation process. Where appropriate, we will arrange certified copies for the attestation process so that we can return your originals directly.
  6. We return the attested documents to you by secure international courier.

Legalize New Zealand Documents

New Zealand documents can be legalized for cross-border use by means of Apostille Certification or Consular Legalization

Apostille Certification

An Apostille Stamp is a simplified procedure of international attestation. When affixed to documents, Apostilles are directly recognised by the authorities of over 120 countries (Signatories of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents Hague Apostille ConventionExternal link (opens in new tab)) as certifying the document’s validity, without requiring additional certification.

Since New Zealand is a signatory to the convention, Isarey can assist by obtaining Apostille Certification for New Zealand documents so that they are valid for official use in other signatory countries, including: CA CanadaCanada - ES SpainSpain - IT ItalyItaly - PT PortugalPortugal - GR GreeceGreece - CY CyprusCyprus - FR FranceFrance - SA Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - DE GermanyGermany - CN ChinaChina

Consular Legalization
Consular Legalization is required when a document from New Zealand is to be used in a non-signatory country. In this case, following authentication by authorities in New Zealand, the document must be certified a second time in New Zealand by the embassy representing the country where the document is to be used.

Countries which do not recognise Apostille certification and require consular legalization include: AE United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates - QA QatarQatar - TH ThailandThailand - TW TaiwanTaiwan - VN VietnamVietnam

Certified Translation

Where New Zealand documents are to be used abroad and where the receiving country has a different official language, a sworn or certified may also be required. Isarey takes care of any certified translations required as part of the document attestation process, ensuring that translations are carried out and certified in accordance with local regulations.

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A certified translation on its own only provides assurance that the translation itself is accurate and true; it does not confirm the authenticity of the original document. The original document must be legalized for a certified translation to carry equivalent legal weight.

New Zealand Document Resources

External resources and news about New Zealand documents, apostilles and certification procedures.

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New Zealand Document Resources
Birth, Death, Marriage Certificates
Order a New Zealand birth, marriage or death certificate
Order a New Zealand birth, marriage or death certificate
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New Zealand birth, marriage and death certificates can be ordered online. Most certificates are issued in 1 -2 weeks:
Use this online service to order a certificate for a marriage that happened in the last 80 years. Order a New Zealand marriage certificateExternal link (opens in new tab)
New Zealand birth certificates are a record of birth. You can order a birth certificate online Order a New Zealand birth certificateExternal link (opens in new tab)
You might need a death certificate if you're administering someone's estate Order a New Zealand death certificateExternal link (opens in new tab)

If you need your New Zealand birth or marriage certificate for presentation abroad and need to have it certified by Apostille or attested, Isareycan take care of the whole process for you. We will order a replacement copy for you and obtain an Apostille from the Authentications Unit.

Order a Certificate of No Impediment or Certificate of Single Status
Order a Certificate of No Impediment or Certificate of Single Status
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If you are a New Zealand citizen and want to get married overseas, you may require a Certificate of No Impediment or Single Status certificate. The Certificate of No Impediment is evidence no lawful impediment to the intended marriage/civil union has been shown to exist and that according to New Zealand laws you are eligible to be married or enter into a civil union. If the recipient country requires a Certificate of Single Status, New Zealand can provide a Certificate or Search that states that a search of the marriage and civil union registers has been carried out from a certain date.

Criminal Record Certificates
Criminal Conviction History
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You can request your own New Zealand criminal record check online. The service is free and takes around three working days. You’ll receive your results by email. Email results are treated as a formal document in the same way as if you received them in the post. If you apply using a paper form, and you do not provide an email address, the result will sent by post.
FAQs: FAQs - New Zealand criminal history checksExternal link (opens in new tab)

Notary Services
Find a notary
Find a notary
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Certain documents need to be notarized in New Zealand before they can be certified by Apostille, including Power of attorney, certain university records, school records, wills and probates and Medical documents.

Document verification
New Zealand Apostille Verification
New Zealand Apostille Verification
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Verify an apostille
Verify an apostille
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Overseas organisations can check that the apostille they have received matches the information in the Authentication Unit database.

The above links are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; Isarey bears no responsibility for the accuracy, content or policies of external websites.

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