Hi, My Niece is in a bit of a pickle...
She is 23 years old, A south African national.
Over the past 6 years her entire family have slowly immigrated to New Zealand, her Aunty (my sister in law) (Permanent residents from work) followed by my wife (Resident through partner of nzer)(her younger aunty) ( then her uncle, 5 year work visa and most recently her mother, father and brother (11 years old) (work to residence visa) she literally has no family left in South Africa, and as she has been dependent on her parents, she is currently in NZ on an extended visitors Visa. (Expires in April).
Now she appears to be too old to get visa based on her fathers work visa, and will be too old once he gets residence in two years. She has no qualifications or skills that would meet work visa requirements. Her and the family are worried for her safety if she was to go back to SA (main reason they are all moving here).
But there doesnt seem to be any pathway for her to join the entirety of her family.
Has anyone has similar situations or should we just prepare to send her back?