Good Character
You and any family members included in your application must be of good character, whatever the category.
To prove that, you and everyone in your family who is 17 years of age and older needs to provide police certificates from:
• your country of citizenship (unless you can provide satisfactory evidence to an immigration officer that a police certificate is either not available or is unduly difficult to obtain); and
• any country you have been in for 12 months or more in the last 10 years, whether in one visit or more.
You will probably be refused residence in New Zealand on character grounds if:
• you have ever been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for five years or more; or
• you are subject to a current or permanent prohibition on entering New Zealand, or have been deported from another country; or
• there is reason to believe you might be associated with criminal groups, constitute a danger to New Zealand, or engage in criminal offending after your arrival.
Source: Immigration New Zealand
Police certificates will be required with any long term visa application. It is of great importance for us to know early in the process if you have any previous convictions, as that might determine the outcome of your application.
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