Self-Assessment Guide For Residence In New Zealand (Page 13 of 20) in pdf

FAMILY SPONSORED STREAM

• have been included as a partner in or

supported an application where a residence

class visa was granted on the basis of a

The purpose of the Family Sponsored stream

partnership in the five years immediately

is to help reunite families in New Zealand

preceding the date the current application

by granting residence to the family members

is made, or

of New Zealand citizens and residents.

• have been included as a partner in or

The Family Sponsored stream includes the

supported more than one previous application

Partnership, Dependent Child, Parent and

where a residence class visa was granted on

Parent Retirement residence categories.

the basis of a partnership.

For information about the Parent Retirement

Category, see the Parent Retirement Category

Note: A residence class visa is considered to

Guide (INZ 1171).

have been granted on the basis of a partnership

if the New Zealand partner:

Family Category

• previously supported a successful application

under the Partnership Category, or

Partnership Category

• was the principal applicant in a successful

application under the Partnership Category

This category is for people who have a

• was the principal applicant in any successful

New Zealand resident or citizen partner and

residence class visa application that included

want to come to live in New Zealand with them.

a secondary applicant partner who was also

The minimum requirements for recognition of

granted residence, or

partnerships apply to all residence applications.

• was granted residence as the partner of

a principal applicant in any residence class

Minimum requirements for recognition

visa application.

of partnerships

To be granted residence in New Zealand you

New Zealand residence requirements

and your partner need to prove you:

Your partner will need to show us that

• are living together (and have been for a

New Zealand is their primary place of residence.

minimum of 12 months) in a genuine and

When your application is made and assessed

stable relationship

they should:

• are both aged 18 years or older (or can provide

• hold a valid New Zealand or Australian

evidence of parental/guardian/other consent

passport, or

if either of you are 16 or 17 years of age)

• hold a New Zealand residence class visa which

• met each other prior to your application being

was granted on the basis that they held an

made, and

Australian Permanent Residence Visa or an

• are not close relatives according to Schedule 2

Australian Resident Return Visa.

of the Marriage Act 1955 or Schedule 2 of the

Civil Union Act 2004. (These Acts are available

Permanent resident visa

on the internet at )

You may be eligible for a permanent resident

visa if you:

Is my partner eligible to support me?

• meet all the other requirements under the

If you are applying for residence under the

Partnership Category

Partnership Category, you need to be supported

• have a New Zealand citizen partner who has

by your New Zealand partner. Your partner is not

been residing outside New Zealand for a period

eligible to support you if they:

of five years, and

• have been convicted of any offence involving

• have been living together in a genuine and

domestic violence or of a sexual nature in the

stable relationship for at least five years.

seven years prior to the date the application is

made (unless granted a character waiver), or

• were, in the seven years prior to the date the

application is made, the perpetrator of an

incident of domestic violence which has

resulted in the grant of a residence class visa

to a person under the category for victims of

domestic violence, or

Self-Assessment Guide for Residence in New Zealand – April 2016 – 13

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