Citizenship Summary

I am not a New Zealand citizen. Can I join the New Zealand Army?

You can be enlisted into the New Zealand Army as a Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth citizen, but soldiers need to be New Zealand citizens eligible to hold New Zealand passports in order to be deployed overseas on operational service.
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This page was last reviewed on 19 July 2006 and is current.

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