Self-Assessment Guide For Residence In New Zealand (Page 14 of 20) in pdf

Parent Category

• be ordinarily resident in New Zealand and have

spent at least 184 days in New Zealand in each

The Parent Category allows parents of

of the three years immediately before you

New Zealand residents or citizens to apply for

apply for residence, and

residence. You need to submit an Expression of

• for the first five years of your residence in

Interest and be invited to apply before you can

New Zealand, undertake to ensure your

make an application. For more information on

maintenance in New Zealand and that you

the Parent Category, please also see the Parent

have suitable accommodation, and to pay for

Category Guide (INZ 1207).

any costs of your deportation or repatriation,

should it be necessary.

How does the Parent Category work?

The process

The requirements

To be eligible under this category you need

Step one: You submit an Expression of Interest

to meet all of the requirements to:

You complete and send us an Expression of

• be of good health,

Interest form. You can get the form from either

the INZ website, , or

• be of good character,

an INZ office. In this you will tell us about your

• have no dependent children,

health, character, age, English language ability,

• have a reasonable standard of English by meeting

as well as the specific requirements of the

at least two competencies of International

Parent Category. When it is complete, submit

English Language Testing System or meeting

it to INZ with the correct fee. You will need to

other requirements (alternatively, you can agree

indicate which tier you are submitting your

to pre-purchase English for Speakers of Other

Expression of Interest under.

Languages (ESOL) tuition), and

Please note that INZ will not accept fees

• have an adult child who is a New Zealand citizen

payments made in cash. You should not send

or resident and who is an eligible sponsor.

any other documentation with your Expression

You will also need to meet the requirements of

of Interest form.

either tier one or tier two, and your adult child

Step two: We select Expressions of Interest

will need to be an eligible sponsor.

Expressions of Interest are submitted into

The two-tiered system

the Pool under either tier one or tier two.

To gain residence under the Parent Category,

Periodically, Expressions of Interest are selected

you will need to meet the requirements of one

from the Pool as follows:

of two tiers:

• first, Expressions of Interest in tier one, in date

Tier one: You must either have a guaranteed

order, and

lifetime minimum income of at least

• second, Expressions of Interest in tier two,

NZ$27,584 per annum for a single person or

in date order.

NZ$40,523 per annum for a couple, or bring

Expressions of Interest can stay in the Pool

at least NZ$500,000 of settlement funds to

for an extended period of time.

New Zealand, or your sponsoring adult child must

have an income of at least NZ$65,000 per annum

Once your Expression of Interest has been

by themselves or NZ$90,000 per annum when

selected from the Pool and checked, you may

combined with the sponsor’s partner.

be invited to lodge an application for residence.

Checking will generally involve assessing whether

Tier two: You must have a sponsoring adult

the claims you have made in your form appear

child who has an income of at least NZ$33,675

to meet the requirements of the category. If

per annum and, if you have other adult children,

your Expression of Interest is selected from the

they must all live lawfully and permanently

Pool under tier one but later returned to the

outside the country that you live in.

Pool by an immigration officer under tier two

Eligible sponsors

(this will happen if you do not appear to meet

the requirements of tier one, but appear to meet

Amongst other things, to be an eligible sponsor

the requirements of tier two), your Expression

your adult child must:

of Interest will be placed in the queue in tier two

• have been a New Zealand resident or citizen

based on the date you originally submitted the

for at least three years before you apply

Expression of Interest.

for residence,

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

Self-Assessment Guide For Residence In New Zealand Page 14

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