NZ Required Documents
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 | No |
Manual KYC
When kycMode = MANUAL_KYC
the following documents need to be submitted.
Field name | Passport | Driver's license |
---|---|---|
documentType | PASSPORT | DRIVER_LICENCE |
documentNumber | Yes (Passport number) | Yes |
documentIssuanceCountry | Yes | Yes |
documentReferenceNumber | No | Yes |
documentExpiryDate | Yes | No |
document.fileName | Yes | Yes |
document.fileType | Yes | Yes |
document.document | 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 UBOE_DOC_VERIFY
is applicable for non-AU residents. Applicant needs to complete KYC using the redirect URL. Document details need to be passed forE_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 | Letter Of Authorization, if applicant is not a DIRECTOR or UBO |
---|---|---|---|
documentType | PASSPORT | DRIVER_LICENCE | LOA |
documentNumber | Yes (Passport number) | Yes | No |
documentIssuanceCountry | Yes | 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
.
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 17 days ago