Parent Visa Application

[fisherboy444]

Hi,
I am a NZ Permanent Resident and would like to apply for a Parent Visa for my parents; do my parents need to be working in the Philippines for them to obtain a NZ Parent Visa?

In 2013 they applied for a general tourist visa but got declined due to:
“you do not have strong employment, financial and/or economic commitments in your home country (E5.10)”
…Any future application is unlikely to be successful unless your circumstances have changed significantly.

I found it unfair as they did not even ask for any supporting evidences. The application was lodged in the Philippines and during that time I was on a working visa so I was not allowed to sponsor yet.

I am concerned that they might decline the Parent Visa if one of them doesn’t have a strong employment commitment in our home country or have reduced chances of getting approved because they already got declined in 2013 for a tourist visa?

In addition, my mother had her thyroid removed in 2013 due to some lumps/nodules, it was completely removed and is now taking maintenance medication for her thyroid, she has a medical certificate from her endocrinologist that everything is controlled by medication and not considered as a serious concern. Will this impose a problem with her parent visa application? Thank you in advance.

[ChrisMwn]

Hi,
I am a NZ Permanent Resident and would like to apply for a Parent Visa for my parents; do my parents need to be working in the Philippines for them to obtain a NZ Parent Visa?

In 2013 they applied for a general tourist visa but got declined due to:
“you do not have strong employment, financial and/or economic commitments in your home country (E5.10)”
…Any future application is unlikely to be successful unless your circumstances have changed significantly.

I found it unfair as they did not even ask for any supporting evidences. The application was lodged in the Philippines and during that time I was on a working visa so I was not allowed to sponsor yet.

I am concerned that they might decline the Parent Visa if one of them doesn’t have a strong employment commitment in our home country or have reduced chances of getting approved because they already got declined in 2013 for a tourist visa?

In addition, my mother had her thyroid removed in 2013 due to some lumps/nodules, it was completely removed and is now taking maintenance medication for her thyroid, she has a medical certificate from her endocrinologist that everything is controlled by medication and not considered as a serious concern. Will this impose a problem with her parent visa application? Thank you in advance.

If you are talking about a parent resident category visa, then its currently closed for selection of further expressions of interest.
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...-resident-visa

[fisherboy444]

Hi Chris, I am trying to apply for a parent visa not a parent resident category, thank you

[ChrisMwn]

Hi Chris, I am trying to apply for a parent visa not a parent resident category, thank you

then they will still need to demonstrate that they are "bona fide" and meet the health criterea.