{"id":102,"date":"2020-03-03T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T01:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2023-10-31T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:26:14","slug":"applying-for-a-purchase-card","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/about-purchase-cards\/applying-for-a-purchase-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for a Purchase Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Applying for a Purchase Card<\/h2>\n<h3>Purchase Card Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>To be eligible for a purchase card staff members need to meet one or more of the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequent or overseas travel in the course of their work<\/li>\n<li>Responsibility for purchasing significant numbers of minor value goods and services on behalf of the University<\/li>\n<li>Regular incurrence of small dollar transactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Purchase Card training<\/h3>\n<p>Prospective applicants, their immediate supervisor and delegated administrators completing Purchase Card coding on behalf of a cardholder are required to complete all relevant training, and be familiar with relevant University policy, prior to a Purchase Card being issued. View the Purchase Card training section for more information on training.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/about-purchase-cards\/purchase-card-training\/\">Purchase Card training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Purchase Card Application<\/h3>\n<p>To apply for a purchase card, print and fill out the application form which is available online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/financialservices\/otago220402.pdf\">Purchase Card Application form<\/a> [PDF 251kb]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scan the completed form and a certified copy of photo ID, and email both to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchase Card Administrator:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pcard.admin@Otago.ac.nz\">pcard.admin@Otago.ac.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Certified copy of photo ID<\/h4>\n<p>A certified copy of photo ID is a copy of a driver\u2019s license, passport or firearms license that is certified as a true and correct by a Trusted Referee such as a Justice of the Peace, Chartered Accountant, Solicitor, or ANZ bank officer.<\/p>\n<p>The copy of the ID should be in colour, and if using a driver\u2019s license, ensure that both sides are copied. AskOtago offers a free scanning service for staff who do not have access to a scanner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying for a Purchase Card Purchase Card Eligibility To be eligible for a purchase card staff members need to meet one or more of the following criteria: Frequent or overseas travel in the course of their work Responsibility for purchasing significant numbers of minor value goods and services on behalf of the University Regular incurrence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21920,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}