A4.70 Applicants who may be considered for a waiver (01/04/2004)

1. Applicants other than those in A4.60 and A4.60.1 may be considered for a medical waiver. Visa and immigration officers must consider the circumstances surrounding the application to decide whether they are compelling enough to justify making an exception to the acceptable standard of health requirement (see H2).
2. Factors that officers may take into account in making their decision include but are not limited to the following:
   1. the objectives of the relevant residence policy or category, and whether New Zealand has sufficient resources, and
   2. the degree to which the applicant would be a burden on New Zealand health services, and
   3. whether the applicant has a spouse or partner who is a New Zealand citizen or resident, and
   4. whether the applicant has immediate family lawfully and permanently resident in New Zealand, and
   5. whether the applicant's potential contribution to New Zealand will be significant, and
   6. the applicant meets all other requirements of the Humanitarian category (see H2).

Effective 01/04/2004