A4.20 Medical and X-Ray Certificates: residence class visa applications (29/11/2010)

1. Applications for residence class visas must include, at the time the application is lodged, a fully completed Medical and Chest X-Ray Certificate (NZIS 1007) for every person included in the application.

   Note: Pregnant women and children under 11 years of age are not required to have an X-ray examination.

2. All Medical and Chest X-Ray Certificates must have been issued less than three months before the date the application for a residence class visa is made. (The issue date of a Medical and Chest X-Ray Certificate is the date of the declaration by the examining physician concerning the overall findings of the medical examination.)
3. Immigration officers may require a further Medical and Chest X-Ray Certificate as a basis for determining an application for a residence class visa, if they consider this is necessary to establish whether the applicant has an acceptable standard of health.

Note: These instructions do not apply to people applying for a permanent resident visa who currently hold resident visas.

Effective 29/11/2010