Do I have to go to New Zealand every year with permanent residency in New Zealand?

Since the New Zealand Immigration Bureau temporarily closed the parents' reunion visa from 201612, and no lottery will be held in the next two years, the current family reunion immigration is only applicable to spouse reunion. Spouse reunion is almost the minimum requirement for applicants in all immigration methods, and there is no requirement for age, education and English level, so some people take risks to "commercial marriage". In order to prevent "commercial marriage", the New Zealand government has imposed the following restrictions on guarantors:

New Zealand spouse's requirements for the guarantor;

■ If the New Zealand spouse has successfully provided the spouse type guarantee, it is required to provide the spouse type guarantee at least five years after the previous spouse obtained the permanent residence in New Zealand. In other words, only one person can be guaranteed in five years.

■ If a New Zealand spouse obtains permanent residency in New Zealand through the sponsorship under the spouse category, it will take five years for the new spouse to obtain the sponsorship under the spouse category. In other words, if a spouse guarantees permanent residency, the next spouse cannot be guaranteed for five years.

■ The guarantor can only guarantee and be guaranteed twice under the spouse category, that is, if the guarantor has successfully guaranteed the former spouse, he can only guarantee the new spouse; If the guarantor obtains the right of abode under the spouse category, he/she can only provide a spouse guarantee for a new spouse at most.

Although the requirements for spouse to sponsor immigration are not high, there are still some basic requirements for applicants:

Basic requirements for New Zealand spouse reunion immigrants:

■ The applicant and his spouse (partner) have the same verifiable life history for at least 12 months, and they are still living together at the time of application. Note that if you only have a marriage certificate, but there is no other evidence to prove that you have lived together for more than 12 months, the Immigration Department will not recognize it.

■ Both parties are 18 years old and above.

■ The spouse has New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency in New Zealand.

■ The applicant is in good health and has no criminal record.

■ The applicant has no domestic violence tendency and history.