Medical requirements

How to get a medical certificate

If you need to prove you and any accompanying family are in good health, you must each undergo medical examinations and tests in order to complete a certificate. The evidence that you supply depends on how long you intend to stay in New Zealand.

Staying for less than six months: You do not need to provide a medical certificate.

Staying for more than six months but less than a year: You must provide a completed Temporary Entry X-Ray Certificate (NZIS 1096) PDF. This must be completed by you and a radiographer or radiologist.

Children under 11 years of age and pregnant women are not required to submit the x-ray certificate.

Staying for more than a year: You must provide a completed Medical and Chest X-ray Certificate (NZIS 1007) PDF.

Your Medical and Chest X-ray Certificate forms must be no more than three months old at the time you lodge your application. Children under 11 years of age and pregnant women are not required to submit the X-ray certificate. However, they are still required to submit the medical form.

In some countries, Immigration New Zealand selects medical panels of registered medical practitioners and/or radiologists. If you and any family are resident in one of these countries, a panel doctor must complete your Medical and X-ray Certificate Forms.

See the panel doctor list for details of the appropriate panel doctor for your area.

You may have to pay the fee for the medical practitioner and/or radiologist to complete their examinations and tests, and for any further medical examinations we may require.