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New Zealand Immigration Information |
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Immigration PoliciesLike most countries immigration laws are very stringent when it comes to family, particularly with the sensitive nature of relations in the way it is defined in to days world. The new Zealand immigration laws keeping these issues in mind have standard which have to satisfied before the country can accept the new entrants.The immigration officer is the official responsible for taking the decisions in or against the applicants. If he is satisfied with the applicants documents and answers which should obey the stipulated regulation laid down in the rules, then the decision goes in the favor of the applicant. When it comes to the eligibility of the partners and children for permits or visas he needs to be satisfied at different levels. In the case of partners it is necessary that the principle applicant and the partner are living in a genuine and a stable relationship with the partner relied upon for that purpose. Both have to comply with the minimum requirement for recognition of the partnership, that the partner support the application and the partner meets the character requirements for partners, supporting partnership based temporary entry applications. To satisfy the policy that the partnership meets the necessary requirements, the immigration officer has to be satisfied that the couple are aged eighteen and above, and if below then they have the support of their parents or guardians. The partners have to have met prior to the application being made and neither of them is a close relative. The dependent child whose eligibility for the visa is based upon him being dependent child of any of the non principal applicant partner included on the application, it also means that the child is not dependent on the principal applicant and where the partner’s eligibility is dependent upon their relation with the other partner. New Zealand immigration Categories - Skilled Migrant Category - Business and Investment Category - Family Categories - Samoan Quota - Pacific access category - Zimbabwe Residence - Refugee Family Support Category > back to New Zealand Immigration & Visa Information home page |
