Your Expression of Interest will not go into the Pool if you:
- have ever been convicted and sentenced to a prison term of five years or more
- have been convicted and sentenced to a prison term for 12 months or more in the past 10 years
- have ever been deported from New Zealand or any other country
- are believed to have associated with criminal groups or are in some way a danger to New Zealand.
If you’re invited to apply for residence you’ll have to provide police certificates as evidence of your good character. We need to see certificates for everyone 17 years and over included in your application. We need certificates from:
- your country of citizenship
and
- any country you’ve been in for 12 months or more in the last 10 years, whether in one or more visits.
In some cases we may request the certificates before inviting you to apply for residence.