About this Form

Use this form to support your IRD number application – individual (IR595) for a child under 16 years of age.

When to use this form

• Complete the declaration over the page if you are applying to Inland Revenue for an IRD number for a child under 16 years of age, who is not yours because you are not the child’s legal parent or guardian.
• This declaration formally records the link between you and the child the IRD number is for.
• You can also use this declaration if you are the legal parent or guardian and unable to provide other official or formal documentation to confirm the child is in your care.

What you will need

You’ll need 1 identification (ID) document for your child, such as a:

• New Zealand (NZ) passport
• full NZ birth certificate issued after 1 January 1998
• NZ citizenship certificate
• NZ student photo ID

If your documents do not show your relationship with your child, you’ll also need a document such as:

• adoption papers
• parenting orders
• guardianship orders
• Statutory declaration IR595D form

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