Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) Requirements
The Board requires police clearance certificates as evidence of your good character within a country. These are sometimes referring to as a criminal history checks, police certificates or penal records.
How do I know what countries I need a police certificate from?
You will need to provide us with a police certificate if:
- You lived in a country for more than 12 months and
- You lived in this country within the last 10 years and
- You were over the age of 18 when you lived in this country.
Police Certificates must:
- be less than 3 months old when you submit your application
- include your full name and any another names you have legally been known by
- be provided to us with an English translation if it is not originally in English
- be stamped as a certified copy or to us directly by the issuing authority to registration@physioboard.org.nz
- be issued by the national police organisation of a country
- State and Federal police certificates are required if you lived in the USA
For information on where you can apply for Police Certificates in a specific country, please see the Immigration New Zealand site below – look for the filter tool at the bottom of the page.
New Zealand Immigration - How to get a Police Certificate
List of other accepted formats
In addition to the options listed on the Immigration New Zealand site, we will also accept the following:
Country | Additional format accepted |
United Kingdom | DBS (Basic) |
Do you accept 3rd party generated criminal record checks as Police Clearance Certificates?
No. At this stage, criminal record checks from anywhere other than the preapproved list are not acceptable to use as Police Certificates.
We do not accept criminal record checks from:
AIS
Fit2Work
Equifax
I have results from a Police Vetting check, can I use this as a Police Clearance Certificate?
No. At this stage, criminal record checks from anywhere other than the preapproved list are not acceptable to use as Police Certificates.
Do you require the fingerprint check, or just the Police Check for PCCs from Australia?
We only require the Police Check at this time.