Kia ora Walker,

Thank you for contacting us.

All document uploaded to online application do not need to certified. It
is only mandatory to have the original or certified copy of documents
submitted with paper application.

Any documents not in English will need to submit the original document
along with translation.

If you do not have the original birth certificate then you may approach
the local police for a certificate to prove your date and place of birth
then approach the Notary Public Office for a notarised Birth Certificate.

Once you receive your notarised birth certificate you can uploaded along
with the translation to your online application.

nāku noa,

 

Ana

CLIENT SERVICES ADVISER

Immigration Contact Centre | Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment | Te Manatū, Auahatanga me
ngā Kaupapa ā-Mahi|

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On 2/12/2021 9:01 am, Ministerial Services
"[3][email address]" wrote:
> Kia ora,
>
> General correspondence for your action.
>
> The requester has send this email to us two - exact same wording
(attached).
>
> They are asking their question in the last sentence it appears.
>
> Regards,
>
> Declan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: walker wang <[4][FOI #17774 email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2021 3:49 PM
> To: *OIA <[5][email address]>
> Subject: Official Information request - Please clarify this for me
>
> Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
>
> Good afternoon
>
> There are some confusions here.
> In the 2021-resident-visa-application-checklist, the two clauses are "A
copy of your birth certificate and a copy of any family member's birth
certificate who is included in the application" and  "Certified or
official translations for any documents that are not in English.", which
means what I should do is to provide a copy of birth certificate only, and
translate it into English if it is not in English.  Based on this, I can
get the copy of birth certificate quickly, and send them to Te Tari
Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs to get a official translation
documents. Then I can upload the official translation documents into my
application.  
>
> However, I made a request title of which is "is it necessary of
providing a official translation of Chinese ID for the new 2021 residence
visa application?" before. The response I got from the request is "People
born in China can obtain and provide INZ a notarised birth certificate
from China.
> It's not necessary to have the original birth certificate as a Hukou
(also known as "family passport") is the source document to obtain the
notarised birth certificate.  You will need to approach your local police
for a certificate to prove your date and place of birth then approach the
Notary Public Office for a notarised birth certificate."  That means I
need to notarise the birth certificate from China and send to me, not just
translate it into English, it will take a really long time.
>
> These two kinds of information are different completely in term of time
cost. Therefore, can you please clarify whether I can follow the
instruction from the checklist in term of birth certificate? You know, two
kinds of information are both coming from official department, but the
first one is more reasonable and practical.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> walker wang
>
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> This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.
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