You need to meet a number of requirements to have your residence application approved under the Family Partnership Category.

You must be living together (and have been for a minimum of 12 months) in a genuine and stable relationship. You must also:

• meet our partnership requirements
• be in good health   
• be of good character
• have the support of your New Zealand partner. 

With your application you must supply evidence that your partnership is genuine and stable.

 

Your New Zealand partner will have to supply:

• evidence of their immigration status
• (if aged 17 or over) police certificates from any country (except for New Zealand) in which they have lived 12 months or more in the last seven years before the application is made.

And, if you were eligible as a partner in an earlier application, you must meet an English language requirement

If you were eligible to be included as a partner of a principal applicant in an earlier successful application under the General Skills, Residence from Work, Skilled Migrant, Business Immigration or Business Investor categories, but were not at the time included in the application, you will have to meet the requirements of the English Language policy applying at the time you make your application under the Partnership Category.

Take a short cut to find out…

Use our quick check and our examples to find out if you are likely to be approved residence.

 

If your application is approved, we will issue you with a residence class visa enabling you to live in New Zealand indefinitely.

 

If you are unable to meet our requirements, we will not grant you residence.

 

Think you meet these requirements? You can apply under our Family Partnership Category.