Your application must be submitted with one of the address options and one of the identity sets below.
Present the following original documents in person to your local SBS Bank branch or approved distribution partner. Where presentation of the original documents is not possible, please provide certified copies of original documents by a Trusted Referee. Please refer to the Document Certification table for a list on who may certify original documents.
Approved Identification Documents
Please provide one of the following sets of Name and Date of Birth Identification Documents:
Set One - one primary identification document from Set One; OR
Set Two - one primary and one secondary identification document from Set Two; OR
Set Three - one primary and one secondary identification document from Set Three.
Set One
Identity Verification - Primary
(Must be signed [where relevant] and current)
- New Zealand passport
- Overseas passport* (with photo & signed)
- New Zealand firearms licence
Identity Verification - Secondary
(Must be signed [where relevant] and current)
- None required
Set Two
Identity Verification - Primary
(Must be signed [where relevant] and current)
- New Zealand drivers licence
Identity Verification - Secondary
(Must be signed [where relevant] and current)
- SuperGold Card (signed)
- NZ registered Bank/Credit card (name embossed & signed)
- NZ registered Bank statement issued in the last 12 months
- Document issued by NZ Government (e.g. marriage licence)
- Statement issued by NZ Government agency (e.g., WINZ, IRD) issued in the last 12 months
Set Three
Identity Verification - Primary
(Must be signed [where relevant] and current)
- New Zealand full birth certificate
- Overseas full birth certificate*
- Certification of New Zealand citizenship
- Overseas citizenship certificate*
Identity Verification - Secondary
(Must be signed [where relevant] and current)
- New Zealand drivers licence
- Overseas drivers licence* (with photo)
- 18+ Card/Kiwi Access card
- SuperGold Card (with photo & signed)
*If you are supplying foreign identity documents you must also supply proof of New Zealand residency.
Approved Address Verification Document
Please provide one of the following Address Identification Documents:
Must be addressed to you personally and, include your current physical address, and be dated within 12 months of presentation.
Electronic copies are acceptable if they show the same physical address that they otherwise would have been posted to.
- Bank statement from NZ registered bank issued in last 12 months
- Utility Bill (Power, Phone, Internet, Gas, Water)
- Local authority rates bill
- Document issued by NZ Government authority
- Letter from a New Zealand education institution
- Non-bank Financial Institution statement or correspondence (e.g. Building Societies and AML/CFT reporting entities)
- A signed Tenancy Agreement
- Current Vehicle registration
- Insurance policy (dwelling)
- Electronic White Pages
- Sales and Purchase Agreement
- Rest/Retirement Home statement or correspondance
Document Certification
If you are unable to present original documents in person then certified copies of the original documents may be presented. These must be certified by a Trusted Referee.
A Trusted Referee must be over 16 years of age and can be any of the following:
- New Zealand Lawyer
- Notary Public
- Justice of the Peace
- New Zealand Honorary Consul
- New Zealand Chartered Accountant
- A person who has the legal authority to take statutory declarations or the equivalent in New Zealand.
The Trusted Referee must not be:
- Related to the customer; for example, a trusted referee cannot be their parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or cousin
- The spouse or partner of the customer
- A person who lives at the same address as the customer
- A person involved in the transaction or business requiring the certification
The Trusted Referee must sight the original document and provide a written statement to the effect that the copy provided is a true and correct copy of the original which they have sighted, and where a photograph is included, represents your identity. Certification must include the name, occupation, signature of the Trusted Referee and the date of certification. Where possible the document should be stamped or sealed noting the authority of that person (i.e. Justice of the Peace stamp). The certification must be provided to us within 3 months of its dating.
Example of certified driver licence
