Residence from India and Partnership based visa

[sumanta]

Hi All,

Question 1:

I am writing to check that my brother and his wife,are working as Food Technologist for past 6 years.

education : Bachelor Degree in Food Technology

Masters : MBA

Experience: 6 years that includes bit of retail as well

can they apply for Residence directly from India

Question 2:

Recently I got married and my partner is from Fiji.
She came here on visitor visa for wedding and later we submitted request for extension,she got 6 months of Interim Visa.
After she gets her visitor visa can we apply for partnership work visa for her ?
what kind of proof is needed to support the application?

Any further helpful information will be appreciated

I am currently on Resident Visa

Regards
Sam

[JandM]

1. See this INZ fact sheet. https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...-visa#criteria If either one of them meets the criteria, s/he can apply for the visa, with the partner as secondary applicant, and both can get a visa. BUT BE AWARE, unless the person who is the main applicant has a skilled job offer in New Zealand, or a higher degree gained in New Zealand, they can only in the first place be offered a Skilled Migrant Category Job Search Visa. This entitles the main applicant to be in NZ for up to 9 months to secure the offer of a skilled job: when they can show the offer and the contract, INZ will then issue the residence visa that has been waiting for them, AND for the secondary applicant.

2. Here https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...lders#criteria is the fact sheet about the visa for your partner. It does not give a timing in the criteria, but we know from experience that INZ take applications seriously with around three months'-worth of evidence of living together. Here https://www.google.co.uk/search?sour....0.812SSOWD_68 are old threads with discussion and examples of evidence of partnership.