Hi all!
I'm the one who's having a baby in 16 days. . .and arriving in Chch in 41 days. Because there will be time to secure my newborn's passport, but NOT her visa before we leave the States, I plan to arrive in NZ with a flight that takes me and the babe out of the country within 3 months of our arrival. . .in case her visa is not approved.
INZ confirms that I can do this.
Here is my question: does my flight have to be a return to the USA? I'm asking because it seems pretty certain that my newborn *will* receive a visitor visa. Her dad is already there on an essential skills visa. I have a visitor visa. Her older siblings have visas.
So, it seems likely that she'll get a visa, and that we will not be using this flight. It's a LOT cheaper to buy a flight to Australia than back to Chicago.
Advice?