Features described will be publicly available in 2026
International Transfers (Incoming or First Registration for International)
If a person is identified as a participant registering to New Zealand Football for the first time, but their nationality or country of birth is not New Zealand, or the person has previously registered with New Zealand Football, but they have most recently been transferred out of New Zealand, upon registration, their registration record will be set to Int Required (International transfer required).
An error will be displayed when the player is attempted to be activated.
Open the person's registration record to upload a copy of the player passport.
Navigate to the section International Clearance Requirements and upload an image or document.
Click Submit.
NZF will monitor registrations that require International Transfer. When the International Clearance has been logged to FIFA, NZF will update the status of the registration record to INT PENDING. When the International clearance is approved, NZF will updated the status of the registration record to ACTIVE in Sporty and remove the passport from the player registration.
International Transfers (Outgoing Request)
If a player that has most recently played in New Zealand registers to play in another country, an International Transfer will be required. Clubs can expedite the process of player approval in thier country by responding to an Outgoing International Transfer request.
If New Zealand Football receives an International Clearance request from overseas, they will update the current season registration record status to INT OUTGOING (International Outgoing).
This action will trigger an email to the players currently registered club, with an option to Approve the International transfer request.
When the Club approves this request, a confirmation message will be displayed, and the player registration status will be set to INT TRANSFERRED.
NZF will monitor International transfer requests that have been approved for an International Transfer (Outgoing), but have not been actioned in TMS to identify recently approved outgoing International Transfers. Following processing in TMS, NZF will check the flag Outgoing request approved in TMS on the registration record in Sporty to indicate completion of administrative processes for Outgoing International Clearances.