A4.60 Medical waivers (applicants for residence)

1. Applicants for residence in New Zealand who are assessed as not having an acceptable standard of health and whose applications meet all other requirements for approval under the relevant Government residence policy may be considered for the grant of a medical waiver unless:
   1. they require dialysis treatment, or an Immigration New Zealand medical assessor has indicated that they will require such treatment within a period of four years from the date of the medical assessment; or
   2. they have active pulmonary tuberculosis; or
   3. they have severe haemophilia; or
   4. they have a physical incapacity that requires full time care.
2. Medical waivers will also not be granted to people:
   1. who are applying for residence under Family category policy; and
   2. who were eligible to be included in an earlier application for residence as the spouse or partner of a principal applicant or the dependent child of a principal applicant or their spouse or partner; and
   3. were not declared on that earlier application.
3. People who:
   1. were eligible to be included in an earlier successful application for residence as the spouse or partner of a principal applicant or the dependent child of a principal applicant or their spouse or partner; and
   2. who were declared in that application but were not included in that application as non-principal applicants; and
   3. whose application for residence under Family category policy is sponsored by a person included in the application for residence referred to in (i) above

   will be assessed for the grant of a medical waiver as if they had been included in the earlier application and as if the sponsor was not resident in New Zealand.

4. Applicants (and dependants included in their application) who have been recognised as refugees may be granted medical waivers.

Effective 28/11/2005