Self-Assessment Guide For Residence In New Zealand Page 15
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20Dependent Child Category
If, while your Expression of Interest is in the
Pool, there is a change in your circumstances or
This category is for people who are dependent
in the information that you have provided to
children of a New Zealand citizen or resident and
INZ, you must inform INZ. If any information is
who want to live permanently in New Zealand.
found to be false or misleading, we may choose
not to invite you to apply for residence or your
You may be granted residence if:
residence application may be declined should
• you are aged 17 or younger
you be invited to apply based on that information.
• you are single, and
Step three: We invite you to apply for residence
• your parent(s) are lawfully and permanently
in New Zealand.
If you have been successful, we send you:
OR
• an official Invitation to Apply for residence
• you are aged 18 to 24 years
• your original Parent Category Expression
of Interest Form (INZ 1202)
• you are single
• a Parent Category Residence Application
• you have no children of your own, and
(INZ 1206), and
• your parent(s) are lawfully and permanently
• a Sponsorship Form for Residence (INZ 1024).
in New Zealand.
If you are aged 21 to 24 years, you must be
At this stage, you will need to check and
totally or substantially reliant on an adult for
complete the Expression of Interest form,
financial support (whether or not that adult is
complete the application form, and get your
your parent, and whether or not you are living
sponsor to complete the sponsorship form.
with that adult).
Send us all of these forms, with the appropriate
application fee and immigration levy* and all
You must also:
the necessary documentation to support your
• have been born or adopted before your
application (such as passports, birth certificates
parents applied for residence, and been
and financial documents).
declared on your parents’ application for
Step four: Decision-making
residence, or
• have been born after your parents applied
We assess your application for residence against
for residence, or
residence instructions. We also fully verify
everything you have told us in your Expression
• have been adopted by your parents as a result
of Interest. Depending on whether you are able
of a New Zealand adoption or an overseas
to demonstrate you meet the requirements
adoption recognised under New Zealand law.
of the Parent Category, you may have your
Your parent(s) are lawfully and permanently
application approved in principle.
in New Zealand if they are:
Step five: Granting residence
• citizen(s) of New Zealand, or
• the holder(s) of a New Zealand residence class
If your application is approved in principle,
visa, or
you will need to submit your passport to
Immigration New Zealand. If you have applied
• citizen(s) of Australia living in New Zealand.
under tier one and have stated you will meet
Custody or visitation rights
the requirements by bringing settlement funds
to New Zealand, you will also need to transfer
If you are under 16 years of age and you have a
the settlement funds to New Zealand. Once you
parent living outside New Zealand, your parent
have done this, you may be granted residence.
in New Zealand must provide evidence that the
custody or visitation rights of the parent living
Sibling Adult Child Category
outside New Zealand will not be breached by
The Sibling Adult Child Category closed on 15
your coming to live in New Zealand.
May 2012. No new applications can be accepted.
*
This application fee and immigration levy is in
addition to the fee for your Expression of Interest.
Self-Assessment Guide for Residence in New Zealand – April 2016 – 15
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