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Thread: How long to get a PR

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    Default How long to get a PR

    Hi ,
    I am saly, dear friends I have two questions If someone can help me with. The first I have a resident visa and my enter your date was 31/3/2015 and I can apply for the PR according to my knowledge is 31/05/2017. My questions are can I apply before that ? And how long the processing time is ? Last thing I have a protection order against my husband the main applicant. Can I apply alone or still I have to apply after his getting to the PR.

    Thanks alot for this forum and for help.
    Cheers
    Saly

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    Well from what i have Gathered, I will give it a shot... Yes you should be able to apply for a PR Visa on that date, Though i do think you need a certain amount of Days Spent in New Zealand for each year of the 2 to be eligible to apply, (184 Days)(You can only apply after 2 Years on the Visa) and you do not Need to Include your Husband in the Application for this is a Permanent Residence Visa not anything Relationship Based and should not affect anything to do with the Application, Processing Time Should take on an Average Scale of 10 working Days But can take Longer, And no, I do not Believe you can apply any Earlier.

    I'll leave the Rest to ChrisMwn and JandM However here is some Possible Useful information

    https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...-resident-visa

    http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39669

    http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46151

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    That is the earliest date on which you can apply for PR, since holding a residence visa for two years is one of the requirements. Apart from that, you have to fulfil the other criteria. Go to the red button near the bottom of this page https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...-resident-visa, 'Check criteria,' and you will see all of them, including the various possibilities for 'commitment to New Zealand', with the first one being the 184 days in NZ during each of the preceding two 12-month periods, as mentioned by RougeKiwi.

    And yes, you can apply in your own right for PR. https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...-resident-visa
    Non-principal applicant eligibility for permanent residence

    People who were included in someone else's residence application, such as their parent's or partner's, can sometimes be granted a permanent resident visa without that other person becoming a permanent resident first.

    For non-principal applicants to be eligible for a permanent resident visa, the principal applicant must hold a permanent resident visa. In some circumstances a non-principal applicant can be granted permanent residence on their own.

    If you were the principal applicant’s partner when you were included in their residence application, you may be eligible for a variation of travel conditions or a new resident visa if one the following apply to you:

    You and the principal applicant have separated or divorced.
    You have a protection order against the principal applicant.
    The principal applicant has been convicted of an offence against you or a dependent child.
    The principal applicant died.
    The principal applicant is a New Zealand citizen now.

    Evidence to support eligibility

    You’ll need to provide evidence to support your eligibility, which may include:

    a certified copy of your divorce decree or dissolution order
    evidence of your separation
    a certified copy of your protection order
    evidence of a conviction for an offence against you or a dependent child
    a certified copy of a death certificate.
    (Those two old threads quoted don't apply to the same situation as you. They were questions from people who had had partner-sponsored residence, not been a secondary applicant on their partner's application.)

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