I've now found out that my wife would be except under the new rules so happy days.
Relevant information is here:
https://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/...eas-investment
and this section:
My spouse or partner is a New Zealand resident. Do I need consent?
No. Under regulations 33(1)(m) and 33(1)(n) (link is external) of the Overseas Investment Regulations 2005 you are exempt from the requirement for consent as an overseas person if your spouse or partner is a New Zealand citizen or
ordinarily resident in New Zealand and the securities or rights or interests to be acquired are or will be relationship property (as defined in the Property (Relationships) Act 1976). Find out if your partner is considered ordinarily resident.
And Australian citizens can apply for residency at the border on entry
Many thanks for the replies too.
Best regards,
Dan
Originally Posted by
dan70
Hi Forum.
In light of the new Govt. proposals to amend the Overseas Investment Act to include existing residential properties, does anyone have a clear understanding on whether a migrant intending to reside in NZ will be able to be included on deeds to a property?
For our situation, I'm an Australian citizen (as are my two children by descent), currently living in the UK , though my wife is only a UK citizen, and we have the intention to live permanently in NZ, probably early next year. We should have enough funds to purchase a property without a mortgage.
From reading parts of the Overseas Investment Act, it seems that we might be able to include my wife on the deeds when make an application for residency, though perhaps she would have to have live in NZ without having left for 12 months? Wondering if anyone on the forum had more working knowledge on how these changes affect new migrants?
Many thanks,
Dan