Hi everyone!
if this post doesn't belong to the immigration category, pls, feel free to move it or delete it.
My partner and I received our residency on the 27th July 2018 through the Skilled Migrant. We will be able to apply for the PR in July 2020.
Can we enrol to vote? we have lived in New Zealand since 2017.
The government website states:
Permanent resident
For electoral purposes, you are a permanent resident if you’re in New Zealand legally and not required to leave within a specific time.
You’re eligible to enrol and vote if you’re a permanent resident and have lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months or more.
If you have to leave New Zealand by a set date, you are not a permanent resident and not eligible to enrol to vote. This includes people who have student, work, or visitor permits.
If you are Australian, Niuean, Tokelauan or a Cook Islander, you can enrol after you have lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months or more.