Tuku pepa ōkawa Submit your documentation
To complete your application, you may need to provide documentation like your proof of identity and academic record.
You may be asked to submit documents during the admission process. You need to submit certified copies of the specified documents. Uncertified copies of documents cannot be accepted.
You can upload your documentation through your Pūaha account.
Alternatively, email your certified documents to info@vuw.ac.nz, or bring the original documents into the Admissions and Enrolments Office at HU103, Hunter building, Kelburn campus, Victoria University of Wellington to be certified. The Admissions and Enrolments Office is open 8.30 am–5 pm, Monday–Friday.
Proof of identity and citizenship
You may need to send us a certified copy of your birth certificate, passport, or citizenship certificate.
If the name on your application does not match the name on your identity documents or academic documents you must also send us a certified copy of your name change documents.
Documents you can provide as proof of a name change are:
- name change certificate
- marriage certificate
- passport with your new name along with a previous passport under your former name
- birth certificate identifying change of name
- name change by deed poll document.
Proof of residency
If you are a resident or permanent resident of New Zealand, or a permanent resident of Australia, you must also send us a certified copy of both your:
- resident class New Zealand visa or Permanent Resident Australian visa
- passport that matches the details on your visa.
Check the Admission and Enrolment Statute for eligibility to study as a domestic student.
Previous academic records
If you have studied at another institution, you may need to supply official transcripts of your previous study. We do not accept unofficial or internal results.
Certified copies
If you are asked to provide documents for proof of identity, eligibility, or prior academic records, you must submit a certified copy of the document.
A certified copy must include a clear stamp/endorsement that is on each page of the documents submitted. Each certifying statement must be in English or te reo Māori, include the full name, title, and signature of the certifying authority, and be dated no more than 5 years ago.
You have a range of options—both on and off campus—where you can get your documents certified.
Within New Zealand, a copy of a document can be certified by:
- a Justice of the Peace—A Justice of the Peace service desk runs from noon until 1 pm each Thursday at the Student Support Hub on Level 2 of the Hub on Kelburn campus. Other service desks in Wellington are available, or you can locate your local Justice of the Peace
- a barrister, solicitor, or lawyer
- a deputy registrar
- a notary public
- on campus by a staff member from Admission & Enrolment, the International Office, Student Success, or Future Students, who has sighted the original document.
Outside of New Zealand, acceptable authorities include:
- New Zealand embassy, high commission or consular staff
- notary service with the legal right to take official declarations or with an official apostille stamp
- an officer of the court authorised to take official declarations
- a Justice of the Peace with the legal right to take official declarations
- contracted international education agencies.
If you have a MyeQuals, MyCreds, or Digitary Core account, you can share academic documents directly with Victoria University of Wellington instead of providing certified copies.
We do not accept certification by the police, school principals, bank employees, or post offices.
Do not send us original documents through the post. We cannot return them to you.
Non-English documents
If the original is not in English, a certified copy of the translation must also be provided. This translation must be certified according to the standards described above.