- APPLICATION FORM
use the right form - CHECKLIST
avoid mistakes and delays - PERSONAL DETAILSyour child's legal name
- PREVIOUS DOCUMENTSproving their identity
- PARENTAL CONSENT
for children under 16 - WITNESS AND PHOTOSconfirming your child's identity
- CONTACT DETAILShow can we reach you?
- PAYMENT METHODSwork out the total cost
- SEND OR DELIVERsubmit the form to us
- PREVENTING CHILDRENbeing taken from New Zealand
Apply for a child passport – contact and delivery details
You need to provide us with contact and delivery details and you should also give us your child’s emergency contact details.
We need to know the contact details for the place where your child normally lives. We also need to know where we can reach you if we need to contact you about the application. You also need to tell us where your child’s passport is being sent after we have processed their application. You can also give us the details of someone who should be contacted in the event of an emergency while your child or your family are travelling.
On this page:
- Application section 2 – Your child’s contact and delivery details
- Application section 7 – Your child’s emergency contact
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Application section 2 – Your child’s contact and delivery details
Your child's contact details
- Their home address is the place where your child is currently living, do not give a post box, post bag or a ‘care of’ (c/-) address.
The delivery address
Is your child's passport being delivered to a home address in New Zealand?
- Someone needs to be at home to sign for it.
- If no one is at home to sign for the delivery, a card to call will be left, you will need to organise a redelivery by following the instructions on the card to call.
- You can have your child's passport delivered to a business address, but someone still needs to sign for it.
Is your child's passport application is being lodged in Australia and being delivered to an address in Australia?
- Most passports are delivered using express post, no signature is required.
- Urgent passports are delivered using a priority courier. You have the ability to track and trace the delivery to your door, and a signature is required unless you have requested the passport be delivered to a P.O. box.
- You can have your child's passport delivered to a business address.
Is your child's passport application is being lodged in United Kingdom and being delivered to an address in the United Kingdom?
- Most passports are delivered using standard mail, no signature is required.
- You can pay to have your child's passport delivered by domestic courier
- You can have your child's passport delivered to a business address.
Is your child's passport being delivered by international courier?
- You must provide a street address, not a post box or post bag number.
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Application section 7 – Your child's emergency contact
This information is optional but it’s a good idea to provide the details of someone who can be contacted in emergency situations.
We recommend that you nominate a person who is not likely to be travelling with your child or your family.
The best plans can be upset by a number of problems. Some are impossible to predict or avoid, so by planning ahead and arming yourself with the right information, you can reduce the risks you might encounter overseas.
Before your child travels, you should also go to safetravel.govt.nz and register your child's travel plans. While you’re there, check the travel advisories for countries your child is travelling to.
When will we use your child's emergency contact?
- We can access your child's information if they have an accident, become sick or are involved in an incident while they are travelling overseas.
- New Zealand Passport offices overseas, New Zealand Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates can obtain your child's emergency information upon request.
Help us help you and your family in an emergency
For your protection it is recommended that your emergency contact details are written on the last page of your passport in pencil. Keep these details up to date each time you travel. Hei whakatūpato ia koe, tūhia ki raro nei ki te pene rākau, ngā taipitopito whakapā ohorere mō tētahi tangata kāore i te haere i tō taha. Kia mōhoio ake ēnei taipitopito.
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Your contact details
If we need to contact you about your child’s application, we will use the contact details you provide at section 10 where you’re giving us your consent to issue a passport. Make sure your daytime contact information is correct at section 10.
Learn more about parental consent and how to complete section 10 of the child application form
