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Thread: Partner of work visa- Length of stay- Has it changed?

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    Default Partner of work visa- Length of stay- Has it changed?

    Hi all,

    Sorry if it's a dumb question or may be Iam not updated.
    I just read this- Length of stay for a partner applying for a "Partner of a New Zealander work visa".
    2 years, if you’ve been living with your partner for more than 12 months, or 1 year, if you’ve been living with your partner for less than 12 months.

    Was there such restriction on length of stay based on living together period?

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    Looks like it -- here's old immigration instructions from 2010 stating pretty much the same thing. Compared with the current version, there's not much difference.
    Last edited by Kelerei; 5th December 2019 at 06:42 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelerei View Post
    Looks like it -- here's old immigration instructions from 2010 stating pretty much the same thing. Compared with the current version, there's not much difference.
    The one that you shared appears to be for partner of NZ citizen and resident.

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    That's the same category, just a slightly different name these days.

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    Yeah, that restriction has been there before.

    I am on the first visa which grants you up to 12 months of stay. We applied after only having been together for 3-4 months and I got it granted. It´s actually a pretty sweet option for people who have barely been together. Plus, if you apply for the 2nd visa after 12 months, you are granted an interim visa with work permission - which you don´t get on the residency visa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aramis View Post
    Plus, if you apply for the 2nd visa after 12 months, you are granted an interim visa with work permission - which you don´t get on the residency visa.
    Just take note of WF2.1(a): there is a 24 month limit that one may be on a Partner of a New Zealander Work Visa, measured from either the day the first visa was granted (if that visa was granted onshore), or the day that the visa holder first entered New Zealand on the first visa (if that visa was granted offshore). INZ expects holders of a Partner of a New Zealander Work Visa to apply for, and be granted, a Partner of a New Zealander Resident Visa within those 24 months -- in fact, your Work Visa will not be granted if INZ determines that your partner will not be able to support an application for the Partner of a New Zealander Resident Visa within 12 months of the Work Visa being granted (WF2.5).

    There has been recent evidence on this forum that, due to INZ's own processing delays, they are (on a case-by-case basis) extending that 24 month limit and allowing one final subsequent Work Visa application contrary to instructions, if there's a Partner of a New Zealander Resident Visa application being processed. I would not expect this to continue indefinitely though.

    From reading both WF2.1 and WF2.5, one may reasonably deduce that one should, in ideal circumstances, be prepared to lodge an application for a Partner of a New Zealander Resident Visa as soon as one meets the criteria under the relevant immigration instructions (and those are over at F2).

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