NewZealand - Partner/Spouse

A new partnership is often the reason people choose to leave their home land and start a new life in New Zealand. And many have found New Zealand a great place to live, work and raise families.

If you are a partner of a New Zealand resident  and wish to move to New Zealand to join your partner, you will need to apply for residence in New Zealand. Your partner must be a New Zealand citizen or resident, and be eligible to sponsor you.

Requirements

You need to meet a number of requirements to have your residence application approved under the Family Category (Partnership Policy).
You must be living together (and have been for a minimum of 12 months) in a genuine and stable relationship.

You must also:  

With your application you must supply: 

  • - evidence that your partnership is genuine and stable
  • - evidence of your sponsorship by attaching to your application, a properly completed, signed and witnessed sponsorship form

Your sponsor will have to supply: 

  • - evidence of their immigration status
(if aged 17 or over) police certificates from any country (except for New Zealand) in which they have lived 12 months or more in the last 7 years before the application is made.