Documentation and fee requirements for applicants

The OTBNZ will begin processing your application once it has received all the required documents and fees below.  Photocopied documents must be certified by a Justice of the Peace, solicitor, or notary public.

• Registration application fee
• Competence assessment application – not required from recent New Zealand graduates
• Cultural competence application – not required from recent New Zealand graduates
• Practising certificate application
• Practising certificate fee – not required from recent New Zealand graduates
• Curriculum vitae – not required from recent New Zealand graduates
• 2 passport-sized photographs (with your name and the date of birth on the back of each one).

Certified copies of:

• Birth certificate
• Passport or NZ Driver Licence
• Any legal evidence of name change (e.g. marriage certificate)        
• Occupational therapy qualification certificate – not required from recent New Zealand graduates or applicants under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act (TTMRA) 1997
• Course description – not required from recent New Zealand graduates or applicants under the TTMRA
• Academic syllabus of your occupation therapy qualification – not required from recent New Zealand graduates or applicants under the TTMRA
• Academic transcript – not required from recent New Zealand graduates or applicants under the TTMRA
• Certificate or letter of good standing from every registering authority with which you have been registered (if applicable) – no older than six months on receipt by the OTBNZ       
• New Zealand police report (if applicable) – no older than six months on receipt by the OTBNZ
• Overseas police reports (if applicable) – no older than six months on receipt by the OTBNZ
• IELTS results (if applicable) – no older than 24 months on receipt by the OTBNZ or 3 references attesting specifically to your English language competence
• Three references – not required from recent New Zealand graduates.

Signed declaration from you stating:

• that you do not suffer from any mental or physical condition that may affect your ability to communicate or to perform the functions of occupational therapy
• that you are aware that the information collected with the application will be shared with the Ministry of Health
• that you have no pending criminal charges
• that you are not currently under investigation
• that all information provided is true and correct.

Additional Information (if applicable) on:      

• Health issues         
• Disciplinary issues        
• Convictions.