Hi Guys,
My partner is currently on year 2 of a Partner of New Zealander work visa which expires on 30th January 2021. We Have not yet submitted the paper work for the Residence visa yet and cannot for another couple of weeks yet till we save up a bit more for the processing fee, i was under the assumption that we would be granted a interm visa however have just been doing research for it and just realized that to get another interm visa it would need to be on a temporary visa.
The way i see it is we could still apply for Residence visa and she will return to Philippines once the time is up and return when its accepted with the possibility that instead of having to return the visa could be extended again pending on the Covid-19 Pandemic,
However i was thinking is it possible to apply for a Partner of NZer Visitor visa close to the time where her current one expires whilst the Residency is being Processed and get an Interm visa through that way? We would be up front why were applying for the visa that way.
Just want any suggestions please as We've got two babies and Don't want to have them travel back to her country with this Chaos going on as well as having to leave my job in order to care for them.