Originally Posted by
SvenM85
Thanks JandM. One question, would processing time (let's say they cannot grant my residence visa before my current work visa expires) affect my ability to continue working for my employer? Or would they issue a temporary work visa in case my residence visa is still in progress?
You must not leave yourself without a valid visa in force. If you get to within a few weeks of expiry of the old visa, it's okay to ask if the residence visa is likely to come through in time, and if the answer is 'no', then you'd need to apply for another partner-sponsored temporary work visa. If you do this so it is lodged before expiry of the old one, you will be covered, because INZ can issue an interim visa to keep you legal while processing a temporary visa, but they CANNOT issue an interim visa while processing a residence application. If it comes to the point that you are issued an interim visa, as you will see from this link
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...isa-conditions, when applying for the same kind of visa as you have already got, the interim visa will have the same conditions so you will be able to continue working.