Several categories of New Zealand family reunion immigrants

Family reunion immigrants provide a way to start overseas reunion with overseas family members. Immigration New Zealand arranges about 65,438+05,000 places for family reunion every year. The following immigration network will talk about several categories of New Zealand family reunion immigrants.

Family reunion immigrants include:

Spouse reunion immigrants (partnership policy)

On the basis that the applicant meets the following conditions, the New Zealand Immigration Bureau may approve the application for spouse reunion immigration:

1. The applicant and his New Zealand spouse (New Zealand citizen or holder of permanent residency) have lived together for at least 12 months; and

2. Both parties are 18 years old and above (if one of them is 16 or 17 years old, the support certificate of his parents or guardians is required), and

3. New Zealand spouses are eligible for sponsorship; and

4. The applicant meets the requirements of health and conduct. If the New Zealand spouse has successfully provided a spouse-type guarantee, it is necessary to provide a spouse-type guarantee at least five years after the original spouse has obtained permanent residency in New Zealand; If the New Zealand spouse obtains the permanent residency in New Zealand through the guarantee under the spouse category policy, it will take five years to provide the spouse category guarantee for his spouse after he successfully obtains the residency; The guarantor can only guarantee and be guaranteed twice in the spouse category, that is, if the guarantor has successfully guaranteed the former spouse, he can only provide another spouse guarantee for an acquaintance; If the guarantor has successfully sponsored under the spouse category, only one acquaintance can be sponsored by another spouse.

Parental policy of parents' reunion.

This policy applies to parents whose adult children have settled and lived together in New Zealand. The main points of this policy are: children's eligibility for funding; The center of the family.

1. If a child who has settled in New Zealand meets the following conditions, he/she will be eligible to sponsor his/her parents for family reunification immigration:

1, age 17 or above; and

2. Have lived in New Zealand for at least three years after obtaining permanent residency in New Zealand 184 days each year. At the same time, the guarantor needs to legally guarantee the applicant's living security within 2 years after obtaining the right of abode in New Zealand.

Two, the children in a family may include adult children and minor children, and the specific criteria for measuring the focus of life are as follows:

1. If parents only have adult children, the number of their children legally and permanently residing in New Zealand should be greater than or equal to the number of their children legally and permanently residing in any country, including their own country (this policy applies to parents who still have adult children living in their own country); Or all their children live legally and permanently overseas. For example, two of the three children have American green cards (or have legally lived in the United States for more than 65,438+00 years), and the other child has NZpR and meets the guarantee conditions, then parents can choose to settle in New Zealand instead of going to the United States.

2. If parents have minor children, the number of their adult children legally residing permanently in New Zealand should be greater than or equal to the number of their adult children in any country, and the number of their minor children must be equal to or less than the number of their adult children legally residing permanently in New Zealand. A rough situation analysis table may make you clear at a glance.

The last member of the family emigrated (siblings and adult children policy).

This policy applies to applicants who meet the following conditions:

1. One of the applicants is a parent or sibling who has settled in New Zealand and is eligible for financial assistance. The requirements for guarantee qualification are:

1, age 17 or above; Second. Live in New Zealand for at least three years after obtaining permanent residency in New Zealand 184 days each year. The guarantor needs to legally guarantee the living security of the applicant within 2 years after obtaining the right to settle in New Zealand.

2. No parents or other siblings legally and permanently live in the same country as the applicant; and

Third, solve a job security in New Zealand. At the same time, this job guarantee needs to meet the minimum annual income requirements set by the Immigration Bureau for the applicant and his family: the number of underage children, the application procedure and the list of materials of annual family income. If the applicant is waiting for the evaluation results in New Zealand, it is necessary to ensure that a valid visa is maintained during the application evaluation process.

Policy on reunification of minor children and dependent children.

This policy applies to minor children of New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.

On condition that:

1. Applicant 16 years old and below; and

2. single; and

3. Prove that the applicant is not financially independent; Fourth. The applicant's parents live permanently and legally in New Zealand. Or 1, the applicant 17~24 years old; And 2, single; There are 3, no children; and

4. The applicant's economy is not yet independent; and

5. The applicant's parents live permanently and legally in New Zealand. The family quota category began in 2002, which increased the possibility of immediate family members of guarantors (or registrants) who are not eligible to immigrate to New Zealand. The number of places in this category is determined by the Immigration Bureau according to the actual situation of the year. For example, in 2004 and 2005, the household quota category was suspended. Applicants can obtain permanent residency in New Zealand if they meet the following conditions: