Hi there again,
Here is my situation (for more details please refer to the last thread I started, of which JandM was of great assistance - http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39162):
My girlfriend is from Spain and arrived here in New Zealand on February with a work visa under partnership for one year (we had been living together overseas for six months prior to her arrival and had this visa granted in January of this year). We have been living here together since February and since then have been compiling evidence to use for her residency application. Since we have lived together overseas previously for six months and now we've been living together here for six months, we're going to apply for her residency in the coming weeks. She intends to continue her tertiary education here, but given the cost of international student fees she would only be able to do so if she was granted residency (so for our situation, the sooner she can be granted residency the better).
In her initial application for a working visa under partnership (which was lodged to the London branch in December 2012 and approved in January 2013), we included as much information and evidence as possible including the following:
- Evidence we are in a genuine and stable relationship (photos together, letters from family and roommates, skype / email conversations, receipts from travelling together etc)
- Evidence we have lived together (rental agreements, bills, housing registration documents etc)
- A General Medical Certificate and Chest X-ray Certificate completed by a certified doctor in Spain
- A clean and officially translated Police Certificate
Basically the main question we have regarding the upcoming residency application (that will be lodged with the Wellington branch this time, not the London one) is whether we need to include all of the above evidence and documents again, or if some of it will remain on her file?
Any help you could provide in answering this question or general advice regarding a residency application (i.e. which parts of the residency application the case officer will require the most evidence on and how long an application generally takes to process) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
Andrew.