Hi all,
If there is already a thread about this, can you please redirect me? I could not find exactly this question:
My partner and I met in NZ in March 2019. During that time I was on a visitor visa and extended this visa for another three months. Afterwards I got on a Partner Work Visa, which is valid until mid-July.
I would like to apply for Partner Residency, BUT:
We will only have 1 full year of being and living together in early March, not yet at this time (December).
However the application time stated on the website currently states 9 months.
There is no Interim Visa for a Residency Visa.
If I apply now I will have at least 7.5 months left for the visa to get approved, which is more realistic than applying in March and having only 4.5 months left for approval.
Does anyone know whether it is a problem to apply for the visa before you have already reached the 12 months of being/living together? Did anyone get denied because of this? If I apply in January we would reach the 12 months withing the first 2 months of waiting for the visa.
I would really like to skil the 2nd Partner Work Visa and go straight for Residency.
Any experience would be highly appreciated.