New Zealand closes parents' immigration

The New Zealand Overseas Compilation Team [liuxue86.com] provides you with the translation related to studying in New Zealand: "New Zealand's immigration policy has changed greatly: it is more difficult to cancel the reunion of siblings and parents", reported in May 1 1. New Zealand China News Network News: NZ Huaxin Society Auckland, May 1 1 201May 10, the New Zealand Immigration Bureau announced a new family reunion policy framework, and the old policy will undergo major changes on May 12. From the evening of June 15,

The reporter interviewed Zhu Xiaoyu, a licensed consultant of the New Zealand government. He said that the new policy will have a great impact on the application of family reunion immigrants, and he hoped that new applicants would submit their applications as soon as possible. The specific changes are as follows.

From May 15, the last family member policy: the last family member policy will be cancelled permanently. The application of the last family member submitted before May 6, 2002, 5438+May will continue to be processed, but it may take longer evaluation and waiting time.

In the future, Immigration New Zealand will control the total number of parents' reunion categories to 3,500-4,000 each year, and launch a brand-new EOI system. All applications for parents' reunion submitted on or after July (438+02), 1965 will first enter the unified database through its system for selection. And the screening time is adjusted to once every three months, and the number of people screened is about 1000.

Applicants in the first category need to meet the following conditions and will be selected first:

1, each applicant needs to provide at least NZ $27,203 per year for life or NZ $39,890 per couple per year; Or,

2. Bring at least NZ $500,000 into New Zealand for settlement expenses; or

3. The annual personal income of the adult children of the guarantor is at least NZ $65,000, or the annual family income is at least NZ $90,000;

4, do not need to meet the requirements of the family center of gravity.

The second category (tier 2) applicants need to meet the following requirements:

1, and the annual income of the adult children of the guarantor is at least NZD 33,675;

All the other children in the family live outside the motherland.

In addition, both new policies require applicants to meet the following conditions:

First, good physical conditions and moral requirements;

The second is the family relationship between the applicant and the guarantor;

Third, a certain English ability: 4 points in at least two IELTS tests, otherwise NZ$ 1735 training fee is required;

Fourth, there are no minor children.

Parents will be divided into two sets of policies with different requirements

The first type of EOI (level 1) will be selected and reviewed first; Applications submitted before May 65438+May 2, 2065438+May 2 will be considered if there are any remaining places after the preliminary examination. If there are any remaining positions, the second EOI (level 2) will be selected and evaluated.

Cost: the cost of submitting EOI is NZD 420; Application fee for parents' reunion immigration: 1350 NZD (except for applicants from Pacific countries)

Policy on minor children: The definition of "minor children" has been adjusted to some extent, as follows

First, children under the age of 18 are generally regarded as minor children directly;

Second, children aged 18-20 years old, even if they have worked, are considered as minor children as long as they are single. )

Third, children aged 2 1-24 need to prove that they are completely supported by their parents, unemployed, single and childless, and will also be considered as minor children.

Miss Zhu also said that the requirement for the guarantor to live in New Zealand for three years has not changed for the time being. And in the future, the New Zealand government will consider extending the five-year guarantee obligation to 10 year. At present, the exact revision time is still uncertain.

Mr. Zhang of Bailun Immigration Company believes that, in short, the biggest impact of this change on China applicants is that the income of the guarantor has increased from S $30,000 to S $60,000 per year.