Boarder Exception

[myson]

Case on my uncle

He had hold a Partnership of Resident Visa from offshore (oversea) on 20 Jan 2020, he hasn’t come to NZ landing . He don’t expect Covid-19 that cause his original plan first time landing to NZ delay and delay.

INZ website change boarder terms frequently 。

He now plan to NZ asap ( hopefully before Resident Visa expiry on 20/Jan2021.

INZ WEB SHOWN:

Who can come to New Zealand without requesting to travel

a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
a resident with valid travel conditions, unless you got a resident visa outside New Zealand and you have never used it to travel here
a partner or dependent child of a New Zealand citizen or resident, and your visa is based on this relationship
a diplomat who holds a post in New Zealand.

Under his situation does he need apply boarder exception before he first time landing to NZ?
His wife NOW lives in NZ .

Anyone can clarify on this situation?

Thank you

[JandM]

From what you say, your uncle comes under the third line here. He holds a visa as Partner of a New Zealander - his visa is based on his relationship. (If that is not the title of his visa, the situation could be different.)

[myson]

But he is second line also

a resident with valid travel conditions, unless you got a resident visa outside New Zealand and you have never used it to travel here

That why so confusing does he need to apply boarder exception or not?

He got a RV outside NZ n never come to landing

[Kelerei]

But he is second line also

a resident with valid travel conditions, unless you got a resident visa outside New Zealand and you have never used it to travel here

That why so confusing does he need to apply boarder exception or not?

He got a RV outside NZ n never come to landing

I went digging in the operational manual, and found this is covered by Y3.30(a)(ii): the partner of a New Zealand citizen or residence class visa holder covered by Y3.10(a), who has a visa based on their relationship to the New Zealand citizen or residence class visa holder, may be granted entry permission.

From reading Y3.30, combined with the information on INZ's COVID-19 border closure page (which you already posted earlier), it looks as if only one of the options needs to be met -- but I would personally confirm with INZ themselves anyway before making travel plans.

He now plan to NZ asap ( hopefully before Resident Visa expiry on 20/Jan2021.

There's some potential good news in this regard. INZ has recently announced that offshore Resident Visa holders whose travel conditions are about to expire will be granted a 12-month visa extension, and those whose travel conditions expired on or after 2 February 2020 will be issued a second or subsequent Resident Visa valid for 12 months.