Once a visa is declined, how much time will be given to depart NZ?

[LordWorm]

My father is on Visitor visa (General) for 6 mos.
I'd like to extend his stay to further 6 mos (or less) and sent an application online along with Xray certificates.
INZ came back and asked for the following:

The Medical Assessor has requested the following tests or reports in order to proceed further:
A recent report from a Cardiologist is required regarding the applicant’s cardiac surgery .This should include - history, clinical examination findings (including NYHA level and CCS functional class of angina if appropriate), functional capacity, diagnosis, management needs and long term prognosis. The following investigations are required: Resting ECG and report, Echocardiography (including ejection fraction); Exercise ECG test ; Or other ther appropriate investigation to exclude ischaemic heart disease e.g. Stress ECHO / CT Angiogram / cardiac stress test / nuclear stress test.


Send the requested information
Your physician or specialist must submit this information in the eMedical system (if they have access to it) by 11 April 2019. If your physician or specialist does not have access to eMedical, they must send the requested information directly by email or post to the address below by 11 April 2019, so that we can make a decision on your application. If your physician/specialist does not have the capacity to send the requested information directly, you may send it on their behalf:



As I understood what INZ noted on the second paragraph, that if we do not provide the information until 1st July 2019, a decision will be made into the application which is most likely not in our favor.
My questions are:

1. If INZ decided to decline the application, how much time will we be given to depart NZ?
2. Since the main applicant is my Mother, and my Father is the secondary, if INZ declines my Father's application, will that be the same decision as my Mother's? - are they treated separate application?"


Was trying to scour INZ's website and unable to find this info, and most likely scenario specific questions which is too detailed to be covered in their FAQ.

Thanks and more power to this forum!

Regards,
NK

[JandM]

I'm afraid there are a lot of vague things to say in answer to your post!

I don't quite see why the CO is asking for medical details for your father, since a visitor has to pay their own medical costs. However, there's no point in arguing about it when you've been given a short time to reply.

About the short deadline: some time back, the NZ government told INZ to do this, thinking it would cut processing times. However, in reality, INZ COs know that it's impossible to magic up answers out of nowhere, particularly if it involves asking third parties, and in general, most of them will give more time IF the applicant replies within the time stated, giving details of what they have done to try to get the information. In your father's case, if you were to show proof that you had contacted the specialist and asked for the information to be sent, this MIGHT be enough to get the necessary time allowed. (I don't understand your mention of 1st July 2019 - that seems like a long time in the future, and INZ would be unlikely to wait that long.)

1. If INZ refuse to renew a visa, the person is expected to make arrangements at once to leave as soon as possible. There is no set number of days, but officials expect to see action happen promptly. Otherwise, they may start proceedings to deport the person, and if that happens, this goes on their record and makes it difficult if not impossible to get visas in the future (for other countries as well).

2. I don't know how this would work for a visitor's visa. For residence applications, if the secondary applicant is found inadmissible, the main applicant is given the option to remove them from the application and proceed without them, but this may not be the same for visitors' visas. There is nothing clear in the instructions - even this general listing about Health Instructions https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/#44860.htm (A4.5 i) says "may" in the crucial sentence, so it's not definite.

Is there anyone out there who has some experience of this scenario, who could help?

Sorry not to have been able to have been of more help.

[LordWorm]

Hi thanks very much for the speedy response and everything is very helpful

Apologies as I might have mixed up the letters I got from INZ between my Mother and Father, the 1st July deadline was from my Mothers letter as they were asking for further tests that needed cultures that weeks to complete thats why they've given enough time to complete that.

I guess they are treating both applications separately even if they are applied as my Mother being primary and Father secondary.

The case for my Father, as far as I understood is that we need to show evidence of booking on April 11th 2019 otherwise they will decide an outcome for his visa application based on the information at hand, and will be most likely not in our favor.

I agree that the tests they were asking are quite a bit zealous as I understand it, while my Father is a temporary visitor and I also signed a sponsorship form that I will cover all medical, food, accommodation expenses and also emergency events.

I also don't believe that funding is the case as I've shown more than enough proof of my capacity to shoulder their expenses.