Hey guys,
I am a NZ citizen living in the US. I married here and have a greencard. My mife is USC and we have two girls born here.
My wife has something called freidrich's ataxia and is permanently in a wheelchair. Its a genetic disorder and it would be spread across a couple of different bullet points on the list of medical conditions that would have high costs and will result in a denied application by the MA.
So the next step will be a Medical Waiver, and there are only 4 reasons that are on the list for denying a Medical Waiver. The only issue is the last one that says anyone that anyone who would need full time care can not be given a medical waiver.
My wife does not receive any care or medication here in the US, although she used to get an aide for a couple of hours a day. What do you think they would view as full time care? Is there a Immigration New Zealand definition of the term available anywhere? Would it be based on the disorder itself or the auctual severity of my wifes's case? When I called they would not tell me, they just said I would have to go through the process and pay the fees to find out.
I dont want to spend money if its unlikey we will be able to come home to NZ to live. I am not able to find any simular situations online. I did look through the immigration appeals board cases and couldnt find one where a spouse had even gone that far for a medical reason. Would that be because people just dont apply if they have a disabled wife? or because they let them in at the medical waiver stage?
Is there any way to fast track straight to the medical waiver stage rather than waiting on the MA's to make decisions that I already know will result in denial? The Immigration department already told me they they cant change policy so not to expect the application to be accepted until maybe Medical Waiver stage.
Sorry for all my ramblings, it just seems sad that we have to stay here with no family in the US where in NZ all my family could help us.
Thanks!
Bevan