Originally Posted by
ChrisMwn
I recently had a work visa approved for a partner of a NZ Citizen, who had been living together for a month only. They had good evidence of their relationship prior to that, including some joint travel.
The visa was initially issued for only 6 months but that is good time to gather further relationship evidence and living together in NZ.
I plan to lodge the residence application shortly, so well before they have lived together for 12 months, on the basis that whilst 12 months is required for residence to be approved, its not required to lodge, and applications for residecne still currently taking 6-9 months.
Country of citizenship of applicant does matter, if you are from a visa waiver country that's likely to mean that there is less evidence required (and time together) than would be required for a "risk" country.
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