Urgent Help Please !! Asking on behalf

[jj1q2w]

Asking on behalf of someone.

She i on partnership work visa but now there relationship is not working out and the guy has a new girlfriend and want to sponsor the new gf for work visa.

what are her options her employer is not helping her to get work visa on her own rights. What will be the options for her in this situation?

JandM would be much appreciated if you can please help with your answer thanks.

[JandM]

I'm sorry to hear this.

This lady is in a difficult situation. Obviously, she can't rely on the partner sponsoring her any longer. If the partner notifies INZ that she is not living with him any more, her present visa will not be valid from then on.

The only way to get any other visa which will allow her to stay and work in NZ is through any qualifications and skills she has. You say her present employer can't or won't help her. In that case, she will need to find very soon a different job that will qualify for an Essential Skills visa https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...ills-work-visa or a Work to Residence visa (also known as Talent (Accredited employer)) https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...residence-visa, and apply for it while she still has a valid visa.

If she doesn't have the skills and qualifications for one of those visas, she will have to be prepared to leave New Zealand.

[jj1q2w]

I'm sorry to hear this.

This lady is in a difficult situation. Obviously, she can't rely on the partner sponsoring her any longer. If the partner notifies INZ that she is not living with him any more, her present visa will not be valid from then on.

The only way to get any other visa which will allow her to stay and work in NZ is through any qualifications and skills she has. You say her present employer can't or won't help her. In that case, she will need to find very soon a different job that will qualify for an Essential Skills visa https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...ills-work-visa or a Work to Residence visa (also known as Talent (Accredited employer)) https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...residence-visa, and apply for it while she still has a valid visa.

If she doesn't have the skills and qualifications for one of those visas, she will have to be prepared to leave New Zealand.

Thanks for your answer jandM

She is from Romania and that country is visa free for NZ will that make any difference ?

If yes can she get a tourist visa

[JandM]

Just because there isn't any other kind of visa somebody is eligible for at the time, a visitor's visa can't necessarily fill the gap. It's only granted for particular reasons (see here https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...tity/bona-fide), for a limited time, and with the expectation that the visitor will be leaving to go to their home in another country at the end of it.

Visa waiver countries aren't visa-FREE. It's just that people from those places don't have to apply for a visitor's visa in advance of travelling to NZ, and can fill in the application card on the plane just before they arrive. This lady, being already in NZ, can't *just* get a visitor's visa.

Her situation is difficult, and I seriously think that she MUST go and talk to INZ soon. They will not be angry or unpleasant to her. They will help her to know what she can and can't do in this situation. It is possible that they will allow her a visitor's visa, or not cancel her partner-sponsored visa, for a limited time, to allow her either time to wind up her life in NZ before leaving, or, if there's a reasonable chance she might be able to get a skilled job, to find one and apply for a work visa linked to it. That is the kind of action they have taken for other people we have heard about. But she should ask them what to do. It's very important that she doesn't just do nothing: that way, she would count as illegally overstaying once the partner notifies INZ, and could be deported, which would be a black mark against her whenever she wanted to apply for any visa in the future, for any country.