Hi,
I'm a kiwi (been living in the UK for 7 1/2 years). My husband and I are planning on moving to NZ in November (he's English) and we are looking at the family residence visa at the moment. I had a couple of questions and wondered if anyone can help (I've been looking through all the threads and found lots of useful info!):
1. We have been married for 11 months so obviously have mariage certificate etc as evidence of our relationship. For the other evidence, how much should we be collecting? Eg. we have had a joint bank account for 5 years - should we be showing evidence of this for the whole 5 years? HOw many joint letters, bills, photo's etc should we include?
2. We have lived togetehr for 5 years but don't have our names together on joint leases - does this matter?
3. The application asks for police checks for each person referred to in the application - am I right in assuming that this is myself and my husband not all the family members listed (that are obviously not moving with us!) - sorry probably a stupid question!
4. Biggest question - we are having a baby in early July - do we need to wait until the baby is born before submitting the visa or should we get the process started levaing the baby's details off until it is born?
5. Do all applicants have interviews?
6. How long does this usually take if no problems with medical?
Thanks for your help, it's looking a bit daunting even though we have had a simple straight forward relationship/marriage for significantly longer than the 1 year required!!
Great site - already got lots of useful information!!