Check if you are a citizen
To find out if you are a New Zealand citizen, use the online tool or ask the Citizenship Office.
Use the online tool This tool can help you work out if you or your children are New Zealand citizens.
If you are checking for your child, answer the questions as if you were your child.
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Ask the Citizenship Office You can ask the Citizenship Office to check if someone is a citizen.
Get information about your citizenship
If you are not sure if you are a citizen, call the Citizenship Office. They can tell you:
if you are a citizen
how you got citizenship
the date you got citizenship
your New Zealand citizenship number.
Freephone: 0800 22 51 51 (New Zealand only)
If you want other information about your citizenship, you need to fill in this form:
Send the completed form to us by email or post.
Email: citizenship@dia.govt.nz
Post:
Citizenship Privacy Requests PO Box 10680 Wellington 6143 New Zealand You will get an answer within 20 working days.
Get information about your child’s citizenship
If you want citizenship information about a child aged 15 or under, you need to fill in this form:
Send the completed form to us by email or post.
Email: citizenship@dia.govt.nz
Post:
Citizenship Privacy Requests PO Box 10680 Wellington 6143 New Zealand You will get an answer within 20 working days.
Get information about someone else’s citizenship
You may be able to ask for information about someone else’s citizenship. For example, you might need to know the citizenship status of a parent or grandparent so you can claim New Zealand citizenship.
To ask for this information, send us an email or a letter:
Email: citizenship@dia.govt.nz
Post:
Citizenship Privacy Requests PO Box 10680 Wellington 6143 New Zealand
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Last updated 31 March 2022