What are the requirements for applying for a visa after marrying a New Zealander? Is there a limit to the number of years of marriage?

There are no restrictions on visiting relatives visas, as long as you can prove that you have a real relationship with your spouse.

There are restrictions on immigration, and you have to live together for one year.

First of all, to apply for a spouse-type work visa (visiting relatives visa), you must provide

Valid passport. If you cannot submit your passport, please provide your birth certificate and ID card.

Fill in and sign the Application Form for Visiting Visa (NZIS 10 15) and the Supplementary Form for China Citizens to Visit, Study and Work in New Zealand (NZIS 1027).

A recent passport photo of the applicant.

Application fee.

Proof of funds for the expenses required by the applicant during his stay in New Zealand.

Chest radiograph and chest radiograph of entry visa or medical examination (if applicable).

No criminal proof (if applicable).

Please note that the application materials will be returned if any of the above items are missing.

Supporting documents

Copy of ID card and temporary residence permit (if applicable).

Original account book or notarized copy of account book.

Affiliation certificate (English translation required), all immediate family members (parents, brothers and sisters, spouses, children), regardless of nationality and place of residence, should be included in the certificate.

A written letter of support from your New Zealand spouse for your application.

Provide materials to prove that the time when you want to apply to stay in New Zealand is also the time when your New Zealand spouse wants to stay in New Zealand.

Materials to prove that you live with your New Zealand spouse and have a real and stable relationship, such as: marriage certificate, bank account jointly owned by * * * and property or * * * *, income jointly owned by * * *, all group photos, all letters and telephone bills, etc. The applicant is obliged to pay attention to the authenticity and stability of the evidence.

If you or your New Zealand spouse is unmarried, both parties must issue an unmarried certificate. If you or your New Zealand spouse are divorced, both parties must issue divorce certificates or divorce legal documents to prove that you and your spouse can legally remarry; New Zealand spouses may be required to provide a certificate of "no marriage impression/search warrant" issued by the New Zealand Ministry of the Interior.

If you have children to apply with you, your children can apply for a tourist visa or a student visa to New Zealand.

Including the notarization of the child's birth and custody in this application, and the certificate signed by the other parent agreeing to the child's application for a New Zealand visa (if applicable).

Any other materials that you think can prove that you meet the "spouse category visit visa".

Other requirements

To apply for a spouse visit visa, you must:

A. Be at least 18 years old. If the age is 16 or 17 years old, a consent form signed by both parents is required to support this application.

B. I have met your New Zealand spouse before submitting the application.

C. You and your New Zealand spouse cannot be close relatives.

Submit the completed and signed Partner Form (NZIS 1 146) supporting the application for temporary entry based on cooperation.

New Zealand spouses (New Zealand citizens or permanent residents) must be eligible for sponsorship under the spouse policy. New Zealand spouses (New Zealand citizens or permanent residents) will not be eligible for funding if they fall into any of the following circumstances:

According to the spouse policy, more than one applicant is supported or guaranteed to obtain a spouse visa as the main applicant; or

B In the five years before submitting this application, he has supported or guaranteed others to obtain a spouse visa as the main applicant under the spouse policy.

C. Being the producer of domestic violence, and as a result, the former spouse (victim) successfully obtained permanent resident status in New Zealand; or

D he has obtained a spouse visa as the principal applicant, and

I less than 5 years since the first "residence permit" was obtained according to the spouse policy; or

Two. He supports or guarantees that others will obtain spouse visas as the main applicants under the spouse policy.

Immigration New Zealand reserves the right to request supplementary materials during the visa application process, and keeps all information and materials in the file.

We will evaluate whether you are a real visitor. Once a decision is made, the applicant has no right to appeal.

After the application is completed, the notarial certificate will not be returned. (If the notarial certificate needs to be returned, a copy must be submitted at the same time as the visa application. Otherwise, the notarial certificate will not be returned. )

All Chinese materials must be translated into English.

If the applicant provides false or misleading information, his application may be rejected.

The processing time of visa application is about 30 days. If the applicant fails to provide all the required documents, the processing time will be extended. Please don't buy a plane ticket before you get a visa.

Once the visa is issued, it will not be extended. Applicants must enter the country within the validity period of the visa. Otherwise, the applicant needs to resubmit the application.

Applicants must leave New Zealand before the visa expires, otherwise they may be deported.

Second, spouse reunion and migration (partnership policy)

On the basis that the applicant meets the following conditions, the New Zealand Immigration Service will be able to 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.

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If you have been married long enough, but haven't been together long enough. You can try to explain that you have lived together for a long time (such as some letters, photos taken together at different times, common accounts, the same property, letters of proof provided by relatives and friends, etc.). ). If you feel that the conditions are not sufficient, you can visit your relatives first, and you can apply for immigration after living with * * * for one year.

In addition, English is not very demanding for your spouse. Just get 5 points on the G test. Or working in New Zealand for more than one year, you don't have to take the test to write a letter of proof. If it really doesn't work, you can go to an ESOL (language school).