To show you have established a base here – you must show that:
- you have spent a total of 41 days or more in New Zealand in the last 12 months
and
- all members of your immediate family who were included in your application for residence have spent at least 184 days in the last two years in New Zealand
and
- you own and maintain a home in New Zealand that you bought within 12 months of being granted a residence permit, and that you or members of your family included in your residence application live in
or
- you have been in fulltime, genuine employment in New Zealand totalling at least nine months in the last two years.
Acceptable evidence of home ownership is your
- residential property title deed
- mortgage documents
- rate demands
- home insurance papers
- accounts for the telephone, electricity, gas or water
Acceptable evidence of employment is:
Written confirmation of your full time employment from your employer(s) or, if self-employed, evidence you have established, purchased or have a share-holding in a business in New Zealand and are actively involved in managing or operating that business.
Employment involving payment by commission and/or retainer is not acceptable.