New Zealand marriage system

In New Zealand law, marriage or quasi-marriage has a sound legal basis and definition. In addition, marriages recognized by New Zealand law include marriages within New Zealand and marriages established outside New Zealand.

In New Zealand, the law recognizes (recognizes) and protects three forms of marriage (quasi-marriage):

Marriage refers to the legal relationship between husband and wife established by a man and a woman according to the provisions of Marriage LawNo. 1955.

Civil union refers to a legal form of the relationship between husband and wife (prospective husband and wife) established by two natural persons (man and woman, man and man, woman and woman) according to the Civil Union Law of 2004.

De facto relationship, de facto marriage, refers to two natural persons (ditto) * * * living together to form the same de facto relationship as marriage; However, this relationship has not developed to the state of "marriage" or "civil union"

In particular, the above three forms are all partnerships recognized by the New Zealand Immigration Bureau in the process of handling New Zealand immigrants. Among them, Facto may not be common before you came to New Zealand; In fact, it is an English word from Latin, which means "in fact, actually"; In English, it means "in fact, in reality, in actual existence, in strength or possibility, as a fact". In fact, this word is very common in all kinds of forms that need to be filled out in New Zealand life, including bank account opening, immigration application, welfare application and so on. Don't get dizzy when you have the chance to see this word:)