
Originally Posted by
JandM
Okay... looking back at your past posts, I see you were in NZ when your visa was granted, so it's the date on the visa in your passport that will count. (For someone who got Residence longer ago, when out of the country, their visa, though dated earlier, would not become 'live' till it was scanned at Immigration at the airport of arrival.)
Your counting of dates has to be BACKWARDS from the day you submit your application for citizenship (not forwards from the date residence was granted).