Sorry, for this question might have been posted before. But i wanted to query this due to conflicting information.

My brother is a NZ Citizen & his partner is currently holding returning residence visa.
He is planning to sponsor our parents for NZ residency.

INZ site details Tier-1 & Tier-2 set of procedures for parent category and indicates lengthy wait time for the same.

However, another person told us that in our case ( as my brother is Citizen & his Wife a resident ), they can directly apply for parents PR and do not need to go through the EOI route for parents.

Is this true? is there any other route for parents apart from ones described in INZ site.

Appreciate all inputs.