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What To Bring Who Should Use This Form?: DL2 Online 06/10
What To Bring Who Should Use This Form?: DL2 Online 06/10
Your completed application form. Anyone to whom the following has happened:
(Please ensure you take all 4 pages into the agent). Tick the circle below that applies to you
Medical certificate completed by your medical practitioner Your name has changed*
(if applicable).
Your address has changed and you want your new address to
Your current driver licence and/or driver identification card appear on your new driver licence
(if in your possession) (if it is only your address that has changed and you do not want
the new address to appear on your driver licence, please update
Forms of identification: (these must be original documents) your address online at www.nzta.govt.nz or call 0800 822 422.
There is no fee involved)
One of these (evidence of identity):
New Zealand (NZ) passport or overseas passport that is current Your appearance has changed significantly* from that shown
or has expired within the last two years or in your current driver licence and/or driver identification
NZ driver licence that is current or has expired within the last card and a new photograph is required
two years or
Certificate of NZ citizenship issued under the Citizenship Act Your driver licence and/or driver identification card has
1977 or been lost or stolen or destroyed
Certificate confirming NZ citizenship issued under the
Citizenship Act 1977 or Your driver licence and/or driver identification card has been
Certificate confirming registration of NZ citizenship by descent defaced or mutilated or become illegible
issued under the Citizenship Act 1977 or
Certificate of identity issued under the Passports Act 1992 that *If you are unable to provide your current photo driver licence as
is current or identification, a replacement card will be produced with the existing
Refugee travel document issued by or on behalf of the NZ photo and signature.
government that is current or
NZ Police or NZ Defence Force photo-identity card issued to
non-civilian staff that is current or expired within the last 2 years
or Where to apply
Full birth certificate issued in NZ, the Cook Islands, Niue or
Tokelau or Take your completed form and all original documents to any NZ Transport
Firearms licence containing a photograph issued under the Arms Agency (NZTA) driver licensing agent. These are selected branches of:
Act 1983 that is current or expired within the last 2 years or
• New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA)
Certificate of identity as defined in section 2(1) of the
• Vehicle Testing New Zealand (VTNZ)
Immigration Act 1987 that is current.
• Vehicle Inspection New Zealand (VINZ)
AND one of these (evidence of your address):
(showing your name and address) A customer services representative will process your application, check
An account statement, issued in the previous 12 months, from a your identification, and if applicable take your photograph* and a sample
bank, building society, credit union or credit card or signature for your licence/identity card.
Telephone, gas or electricity account issued in the previous 6 You will need to pay the appropriate fee with your application.
months or
An appropriate form of identification issued in the previous 12 *When being photographed you must not wear sunglasses, a hat, any
months that includes your address. head coverings or anything else that might obscure your face or prevent
the photograph from being a good likeness. The only exception is if the
Proof of name change if your name has changed since being issued item is worn for religious or medical reasons and in this case you must
with a licence or is different to that shown on your identification. supply a signed statement confirming this.
This can be an original one of the following:
Marriage or civil union certificate or
Dissolution of marriage order or More information
Statutory declaration of change of name issued by Births,
Deaths and Marriages or Your driver licensing agent has a range of factsheets which give more
Other appropriate evidence of name change eg adoption papers. information on a wide range of driver licensing topics.
Note: if your evidence of identity and name change documents do We use our forms and factsheets to provide useful, common-sense advice
not provide a clear link to the name currently on your driver licence, and information in a concise format. They can’t cover all aspects of a topic
you may be required to provide additional documentation. and should not be used instead of authoritative legal documents or legal
advice.
Cheque, cash or EFTPOS for paying the appropriate fee.
More information is available on our website www.nzta.govt.nz, or call
Credit cards may be accepted at some driver licensing agents. If the Driver Licensing Contact Centre on 0800 822 422.
you pay by cheque your application will not be processed until your
cheque has cleared.
Other/second/middle names?
Name change Has your name changed from the one appearing on your licence?
No Yes Please give new details below:
Tick the ‘yes’ circle if your name
has changed. Surname or family name
Your address will not be shown on the Do you want any of the addresses you give below printed on your licence?
front of the licence unless you tick the
‘yes’ circle. No Yes either: Physical address OR Mailing address
What is your physical address? What is your mailing address? (if different from your physical address)?
What type of address is it? Street RD PO Box Private Bag
Property name (if you have one) Property name (if you have one)
Suburb Suburb
Town/City Town/City
Giving your telephone number(s) is What are your contact telephone number(s)?
optional. Home ( ) Work ( )
Do you require a new photograph and/or signature to appear on your driver licence
Appearance/signature change
and/or driver identification card?
If you tick ‘yes’ as your appearance/ No Yes
signature has changed significantly, you will
be required to produce your current photo
driver licence as identification.
Reason for replacement Please indicate the reason a new driver licence and/or driver identification card is
required:
If applicable please tick appropriate
circle(s) and follow the instructions. name change been defaced been lost
change of address been mutilated been stolen
If your current driver licence or driver change of appearance become illegible been destroyed
identification card has become another image required
defaced, mutilated or illegible
you must surrender it before a
replacement is issued.
I am not surrendering it because it was lost, stolen or destroyed in the following circumstances:
Signature of applicant
I state that, to my best knowledge and belief, all the information I have given for this
application is correct and I am not disqualified from obtaining or holding a driver licence.
Signature of applicant Date
/ /
Day Month Year
You are entitled to access, and may request correction of any readily retrievable infor-
mation held about you by the NZTA.