A Parent Resident Visa lets you stay in New Zealand indefinitely. After you have had this visa for 10 years in a row, you can apply for a Permanent Resident.
Who can apply
To apply for this visa, you must:
Income
Your sponsoring child must earn enough money to sponsor you and:
Your sponsoring child can use their own income or, if they have a joint sponsor, combine it with their joint sponsor’s income.
The amount your sponsors need to earn is based on the New Zealand median wage. It increases by half the median wage for joint sponsors and for each additional parent.
One very important consideration that needs to be kept in mind when deciding who the sponsoring child would be is to consider whether the Child has been a Resident for at least 3 years before they can sponsor you and have spent 184 days or more in New Zealand in each of those 3 years.
Sometimes, people tend to not understand these basics until well into the stage where they feel disappointed for not checking this condition.
To be clear, your sponsoring child must be a New Zealand citizen or resident and:
NOTE: Only 2500 Visas are available each year and the EOI stays in the pool for 2 years – if not selected within these 2 years – then another EOI needs to be submitted. Applications are not selected from the Pool on a first come first basis. If your EOI gets selected, then you have 4 months to submit the Residence application. These applications require effort as these are still paper based applications which means that most documents must be either Originals or certified copies of the originals. Remember the timelines and do not leave important documents until the last minute like Birth Certificate, Medicals and Police Clearance.
Get in touch today – if you want to know whether you are the sponsoring child or a parent who needs specific information.
You must have at least 1 adult child aged 18 or older who is eligible to sponsor you — they can sponsor you jointly with either their partner or an adult sibling.
Your sponsoring child can include:
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