Self-Assessment Guide For Residence In New Zealand (Page 4 of 20) in pdf

Non-principal applicants

you can ask another person – such as a friend,

lawyer, or immigration adviser – to help you.

Non-principal applicants are any other people

(We refer to people who help you in this way

who you include in the application, such as your

as your ‘agent’, ‘adviser’ or ‘representative’.)

partner and/or children.

We give all applicants equal treatment so you

are free to choose whether or not to use an

Partners

agent. Our website

has lots of information about migrating to and

You can include your partner in your application,

settling in New Zealand and also provides links

but you must have been living together

to other services that may be able to help you.

in a genuine and stable relationship for at

least 12 months and meet other minimum

Please be aware of the following if you do decide

requirements for your partnership to be

to use an agent, adviser or representative.

recognised. See ‘Minimum requirements for

• You can give your own address or your agent’s,

recognition of partnerships’.

adviser’s or representative’s address as our

point of contact. However, there may be times

Dependent children

when we want to work directly with you.

You can include your children and your partner’s

• If you give your agent’s, adviser’s or

children in your application if they are single

representative’s address, we will send them

and aged 17 or younger or are single, aged

all correspondence about your application –

18-24 years and have no children of their own.

including notices for interviews and

Children aged 21 to 24 years must be either

original documents.

totally or substantially reliant on you or your

• If you stop using the services of your agent,

partner for financial support, whether or not

adviser or representative, or hire a new one,

they are living with you or your partner.

you will need to tell us in writing or we will

Your partner’s children cannot be approved

continue to deal with them. If you are changing

for residence unless you and your partner are

your immigration adviser, please use the form

able to meet the minimum requirements for

Immigration Adviser Details (INZ 1160).

recognition of partnerships (see ‘Minimum

• You are responsible for any documents or

requirements for recognition of partnerships’).

information that you submit with your

application as well as any information that

If you are applying for residence under the

your agent, adviser or representative submits

Parent Category or the Parent Retirement

on your behalf.

Category, you will not be eligible for residence

if you have dependent children.

Online checking of applications

Custody of dependent children

This service is only available to applications

lodged at INZ offices listed at the back of

If you have custody of a child who is under 16

this guide.

years of age and you are separated or divorced

from the other parent, you need to provide us

You can check the progress of your application

with evidence that you have the legal right to

online. You can register for this service by

remove that child from their home country.

selecting this option in your application. If you

select this option you will be advised of the

Customary adoptions

outcome of your application by email. If you

decide to use an agent, adviser or representative

Children who have been informally adopted at an

to represent you they will be sent instructions

early age by members of their extended family

on how to access the online enquiry system.

according to custom are regarded as members

of the host family into which they were adopted

Immigration levy

and will not be approved for residence as part of

your family.

Applicants for residence must pay an immigration

levy when they submit their application.

Information about the immigration levy and

Other things you need to know

the amount you will need to pay are in our Fees

Guide (INZ 1028).

Agents, advisers and third parties

You can apply for residence by completing and

submitting the necessary forms yourself or

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

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