Documents supporting your application

If you:	You'll need to send us
were born in New Zealand	birth certificate or passport (order a Birth Certificate online)
were born overseas	evidence that you have a right to live in New Zealand permanently. This could be your: citizenship certificate New Zealand passport passport from another country showing your New Zealand residence class visa letter from New Zealand Immigration Service stating you’ve been granted residency refugee or protected person documentation or evidence of your sponsorship by a family member with refugee or protected person status in New Zealand.
have changed your name	e.g. the name in your application is different from the name in the documents you’re providing, send us evidence of your name change, such as your: marriage certificate (order a Marriage Certificate online) adoption paper deed poll.

Bank account details

You need to provide evidence of the bank account you want your payments to go into. This can be either a:

• bank statement
• deposit slip
• screenshot of your online banking
• print-out of your online banking.

Your evidence must show the:

• bank's logo
• full bank account number
• account name (plus other names if it's a joint account).

If you provide a print-out of your online banking, it must also show the web address. If your print-out doesn't show this information, it will need to be stamped, initialled and verified by the bank.

IRD number

You need to tell us your IRD number. We'll check this with Inland Revenue.

If your IRD number doesn't match with Inland Revenue, we may ask you for proof of your IRD number, if we don't already have it. Proof can be things like:

• a letter from Inland Revenue (digital or paper),
• a screenshot/photo of your myIR account (this must show your name, IRD number, the IR logo and web address).

One of the following:

• a statement from your school confirming that you have completed year 13
• evidence that you’ve attained a minimum of 42 NCEA credits at level 3
• evidence that you’ve been accepted into a full-time tertiary course with a minimum academic entry requirement of 42 NCEA credits at level 3 (please include the name of the course on your evidence)
• evidence that you’ve obtained a minimum of 42 credits on the National Qualifications Framework at level 4.

Your parents need to complete either:

We'll include a copy of the form in the letter we send you.

Your parents may also need to provide:

• evidence of income (the form will tell them what to provide)
• if they don’t have any income, evidence of how they support themselves
• birth certificates or passports for other full-time students aged 16-23 they’re supporting.

Evidence of your income or expected income, such as:

• payslip
• letter from your employer
• letter from any organisation that pays you (for example, ACC, Child Support or investment funds).

If any income is from a scholarship, you need to provide:

• Agreement Form of the scholarship, or
• letter of offer.

Self-employment

If you have income from self-employment (such as being a sole trader), we’ll need more information to assess your application.

You'll need to provide either a:

• IR3 – Individual tax return, or
• profit and loss account

and either a

• IR3B – Schedule of business income, or
• IR10 – a financial statements summary.

If you don't have these forms, or we need more information, we may ask you to provide:

• your full set of accounts, or
• a personal declaration.

Your partner needs to complete:

We'll include a copy of the form in the letter we send you.

Your partner may also need to provide evidence of:

• who they are – this is the same evidence you need to provide for evidence of who you are
• their income – payslip or letter from their employer.

Have a child

If you have a child, you can either:

• register each child's birth with Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) using SmartStart and agree to share this information with the Ministry of Social Development (MSD)
• provide the birth certificate for each child.

Support a child

If you support a child, you'll need to provide the birth certificate for each child you support

Have a partner

If you have a partner, they'll need to complete:

We'll include a copy of the form in the letter we send you.

Your partner may also need to provide evidence of:

• who they are – this is the same evidence you need to provide for evidence of who you are
• their income – payslip or letter from their employer.