Originally Posted by
heart_prince34
I dont think she can travel by herself if shes travelling for the first time into New Zealand. She must be accompanied by a NZ Citizen or PR.
Im pretty sure those were the rules when it was level 4 lockdown and borders were closed completely for all visitors and only opened to citizens and residents. I was playing close attention as i have family who wanted to bring a partner and i can say They updated the rules on the website and now anyone with a partner visa are able to enter alone without applying for exemption
And yes they are processing CAM visas. I know someone whose visa was approved in January. They however applied Feb 2020 (within 3 months after getting married). When it was assigned to CO it got processed very fast. The nz partner is in nz since feb 2020 and overseas partner is due to arrive soon. They wouldn’t issue visas if the person cant travel alone
Always a good idea to check anyway with officials
PS I have a thread with some questions on behalf of someone else who applied for the CAM visa the same way you are so you can check it out.