Posting on behalf of a friend. Please advise!
My friend is currently on a Talent(Accredited Employer) Work Visa and will be completing 24 months soon. His wife holds a dependent work visa based on his relationship to her. He is willing to apply for a Talent (accredited employer) resident visa soon. Only catch is: His wife has wrong DOB on her birth certificate and can not get it amended without a court ruling which could take up to years in India.
The question is : Can he apply for residency for himself only while his wife switches over to another work visa sponsored by her company?
I have read on the criteria for Talent(Accredited Employer) Resident Visa :"If any of your immediate family members hold New Zealand temporary entry visas based on their relationship with you, they must be included in your residence application." But can they work around it by switching her over to a separate (not relationship based) work visa and just get his residency processed first and meanwhile wait for the court case to proceed and get her birth certificate amended and then apply for residency based on their relationship?