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    I couldn't find this particular info on the NZIS site, so perhaps someone here can help....

    a) Is there an upper age limit for parents being sponsored?

    b) Are they more fussy with medicals for oldies? My dad is 61 and my mum is 58. Do they take into consideration usual aging probs? Would them having private medical insurance help?

    Is it correct that I can't even lodge the sponsorship form and their residency application before the exact date on which we've been on PR for 3 yrs, or can I put in a couple of months before?

    Cheers
    Moorf

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    From what I've been able to gather, sponsering one's parents is not an option. It looks like the NZ government does not want to take anyone that will burden the health care system. The 55 upper age limit applies to almost all avenues of immigration unless you have some serious money to invest.

    Then the investor catagory opens up.

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    Moorf

    Av might be able to help. I'll give her a nudge later.

    D x

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    Moorf,

    No age limit

    Health - no extra consideration given for normal "aging". They have to pass the same criteria as the rest of us. and Pm doesnt make a difference. Theres a list of medical conditions which means an outright no, but thats the same standard list for everyone. Any conditions other than those will be considered and may go to a medical waiver. If I remember rightley there are about 3 chances to appeal a "no decision".

    And you cant put the application in early. 3 years to the day - it can go in. If you put it in early - you get a load of grief for trying to cheat the system.

    You are automatically entitled to sposor them as long as you have been resident for 3 years (in your case that takes into account the time on a visitors visa doesnt it?) The only thing that would stop you being able to do that is if you had more than 1 sibling left in the UK.

    Heres a timeline I worked out for my parent sposorship:


    So - here it is - this is the prosess we have to go through. Its based on the following facts:

    I have only 1 brother and he is with my parents in th UK
    That makes the center of gravity equal - so I can sponsor my parents
    My brother will then be the only remaining family member in the UK so I can sponsor him
    We come under the 3 year rule, not the five year rule

    We arrived in New Zealand on 31.12.04

    MUM AND DAD.

    Must satisfy good character requirements
    Must Satisfy Good Health requirements.

    Can apply on 31 december 2007 – Cost $630 - $700 each.
    Mum and dad fill in a residency application
    We fill in a sponsorship form to go with that.

    Taking 9-12 months to process.
    Will need police record from UK (lasts 6 months – apply October 2007)
    Will need Medical certificates (last 3 months – do in NZ Dec 2007)

    If turned down on medical grounds – can be asked for specialist opinion
    Are you going to be a drain on resources?
    If declined – could get a medical waiver
    Only the branch manager or the minister can authorise Medical waivers.
    If still declined can ask for a second opinion.
    If still declined then – goes to residence review board.

    Can get Visas extended if need be past the 6 months till residency granted.

    If M+D go back to the Uk in the meantime – applications generally transferred to UK – but can ask for application to be held in Wellington.
    May be a hold up if done in the UK.

    If not staying in NZ during processing – get a visitors visa put into
    passport before coming back to NZ
    Customs may flag it if you are entering as a visitor and yet have a
    residency application on file.

    When residency is granted – make sure visa gets into passport before
    entering NZ – (This is if they have travelled back to the UK)
    Does that help?

    Hxxx

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    Whew - heart nearly jumped out of my chest when I read the first reply to my post

    Av - as usual, a bloomin' excellent reply - gave me all the info I needed, thanks! Not sure my Dad will get thru medical as he's got high blood pressure and on heart pills... really hope that's not the case.

    Thanks again Av.

    Moorf
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    Found the info I needed


    Appendix 10: Medical conditions deemed to impose significant costs and/or demands on New Zealand’s health and/or education services
    • HIV infection
    • Hepatitis B surface antigen positive, with abnormal liver function
    • Hepatitis C, RNA positive, with abnormal liver function
    • Malignancies of solid organs and haematopoietic tissue, including past history of, or currently under treatment
      Exceptions are:
      a) treated minor skin malignancies (not melanoma)
      b) malignancies where the interval since treatment is such that the probability of cure is > 90%, e.g.: early stage (I & IIA) breast cancer at 5 years; low risk prostate cancer at 5 years; early stage (Dukes A & B1) colorectal cancer at 5 years; childhood leukaemia at 5 years
    • Solid organ transplants, excluding corneal grafts more than 6 months old
    • Chronic renal failure or progressive renal disorders
    • Diseases or disorders such as osteoarthritis with a high probability of arthroplasty in the next four years
    • Central Nervous System disease, including motor neurone disease, complex partial seizures, poorly controlled epilepsy, prion disease, Alzheimer’s and other dementia, and including paraplegia and quadriplegia
    • Cardiac disease including ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy or valve disease requiring surgical and/or other procedural intervention
    • Chronic obstructive respiratory disease with limited exercise tolerance and requiring oxygen
    • Genetic or congenital disorders: muscular dystrophies, cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia major, sickle cell anaemia if more than one sickle crisis in 4 years, severe haemophilia, and severe primary immunodeficiencies
    • Severe autoimmune disease, currently being treated with immuno-suppressants other than prednisone
    • In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe (71-90 decibels) hearing loss or profound bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss
    • In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe vision impairment with visual acuity of 6/36 or beyond after best possible correction, or a loss restricting the field of vision to 15-20 degrees
    • In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe physical disability, where they are unable to stand and walk without support, and cannot independently dress, eat, hold a cup, or maintain their stability when sitting.

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    A huge thanks to Moorf & Avalon
    That has answered alot of our questions too!!

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    I'm bumping this because I'm getting confused

    I was told today, during a phone call with NZIS in New Zealand, that I can't sponsor my parents over until I have been here 3 yrs WITH PR (March 08).... yet others think it's 3 years from when I entered NZ, which was without PR and in Sept 04...

    Does anyone have a reference to this at all because I can't find a thing!

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    Hi Moorf

    This is from the operations manual

    In each case the parent(s) must be sponsored by an adult child who:

    1. is in New Zealand, and:
    2. is a New Zealand or Australian citizen or the holder of a current residence permit that is not subject to requirements under s18A of the Immigration Act 1987, and
    3. has been a New Zealand or Australian citizen and/or the holder of a residence permit or a returning resident's visa for at least three years immediately preceding the date the application under Parent policy is made*, and
    4. in each of the three 12 month portions within that three year period, has spent a total of 184 days or more in New Zealand.
    so it looks to me (from 3) as though you have to have had PR for 3 years - as before you had PR you would have had a visitors permit - not a residence permit.

    edited to add - link is here http://www.immigration.govt.nz/nzis/...anual/6101.htm

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    From what TriGirl has posted:
    3. has been a New Zealand or Australian citizen and/or the holder of a residence permit or a returning resident's visa for at least three years immediately preceding the date the application under Parent policy is made

    I would say that you could sponsor from the date of your first work permit, as that is considered a residence permit. (Just to contradict what I said on your IRRV thread... sorry!)

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