NewZealand - Child of a NewZealand resident

You and your parent(s) may wish to be reunited in New Zealand. Your parent(s) may have already settled here and now, you’d like to come to New Zealand to live with them.
If you are a child and wish to move to New Zealand to live with your parent(s), you will need to apply for residence in New Zealand. Your parent must be a New Zealand citizen or resident and be living in New Zealand.

Requirements

You need to meet a number of requirements to have your residence application approved under the Family Category (Dependent Child Policy).

First things first…

Your parent(s) must be lawfully and permanently in New Zealand.

You must

  • - be aged 16 years or younger and single
    or
  • - be aged between 17 and 24 years, single, and have no children of your own.
And
  • - be born or adopted before your parents applied for residence, and have been declared on your parents’ application for residence

    or
  • - be born after your parents applied for residence

    or
  • - be adopted by your parents as a result of a New Zealand adoption or an overseas adoption recognized under New Zealand law.

And

  • - be in good health
  • - be of good character
  • - be totally or substantially dependent on an adult for financial support (whether or not that adult is your parent, and whether or not you are living with that adult)

And you must supply

You may be asked for evidence of financial dependence

If you are aged 17 to 24 years you may be asked to provide evidence that you are dependent on an adult for financial support
If you are aged 16 years or younger, not married, in a civil union or in a de facto relationship, and do not have any children of your own, you are presumed to be dependent on an adult for financial support and will not be asked for evidence.

Custody and Visitation Rights

If you are under 16 years of age and you have a parent living outside New Zealand, your parent in New Zealand must provide evidence that custody or visitation rights of the parent living outside New Zealand would not be breached by you coming to live in New Zealand.