NZ Required Documents

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This page outlines the documents required for stakeholders, applicants, and various business types to onboard a corporate customer registered in New Zealand.

Business details

The following documents are required as part of the Know Your Business (KYB) identification and verification process.

`businessType`	Required Document
`GOVERNMENT_ENTITY` `PRIVATE_COMPANY` `PUBLIC_COMPANY` `SOLE_TRADER` `CLUB_ASSOCIATION`	N/A
`GENERAL_PARTNERSHIP` `LIMITED_PARTNERSHIP`	`PARTNERSHIP_DEED`
`TRUST`	`TRUST_DEED`

Stakeholders

NZ resident individual stakeholders need to use the kycMode= E_KYC. kycMode=MANUAL_KYC should be passed for non-residents.

E KYC

In E KYC mode, no document file is needed. However, details of at lease one of the following document is needed. In case of Driver's License documents, the drivers licence version number should be passed in the documentReferenceNumber field.

Field name	Passport	Driver's license
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`DRIVER_LICENCE`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes
`documentReferenceNumber`	No	Yes
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	Yes

Manual KYC

When kycMode = MANUAL_KYC the following documents need to be submitted.

Field name	Passport	Driver's license	National Id
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`DRIVER_LICENCE`	`NATIONAL_ID`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes	Yes
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes	Yes
`documentReferenceNumber`	No	Yes	No
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	Yes	No
`document.fileName`	Yes	Yes	Yes
`document.fileType`	Yes	Yes	Yes
`document.document`	Yes	Yes	Yes

For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.

NOTE: Photocopies or scanned documents in black-and-white are not accepted for Passport, Medicare Cards, or Driver's License.

Applicants

Nium offers E_KYC, E_DOC_VERIFY, and MANUAL_KYC modes for applicant KYC in New Zealand.

E_KYC is applicable for NZ residents.ID document details are needed for E_KYC mode. Additionally, Letter of Authorization is required to be uploaded if the applicant isn't a director or UBO
E_DOC_VERIFY is applicable for non-AU residents. Applicant needs to complete KYC using the redirect URL. Document details need to be passed for E_DOC_VERIFY and upload of document files isn't required.
MANUAL_KYC required document details along with upload of document files.

E KYC ad E Doc Verify

Field name	Passport	Driver's license	Letter Of Authorization, if applicant is not a `DIRECTOR` or `UBO`
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`DRIVER_LICENCE`	`LOA`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes	No
`documentReferenceNumber`	No	Yes	No
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes	No
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	No	No
`document.fileName`	No	No	Yes
`document.fileType`	No	No	Yes
`document.document`	No	No	Yes

Manual KYC

Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

Field name	Passport	Drivers license	National Id	Letter Of Authorization, if applicant is not a `DIRECTOR` or `UBO`
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`DRIVER_LICENCE`	`NATIONAL_ID`	`LOA`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes	Yes	No
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	Yes	No	No
`document.fileName`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`document.fileType`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`document.document`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.

See Letter Of Authorization for the suggested format of LOA in case you do not have one.

NOTE: Photocopies or scanned documents in black-and-white are not accepted for Passport, Medicare Cards, or Driver's License.

Updated 26 days ago