WF3.5 Assessment of applicants who intend to apply for... (29/04/2002)

WF3.5 Assessment of applicants who intend to apply for residence under spouse or de facto partner policy

1. Visa and immigration officers must consider whether the applicant intends to apply for residence in New Zealand under spouse or de facto partner policy, and if so, whether the New Zealand resident or citizen spouse or partner is able to sponsor an application under these policies within the validity of the permit.
2. If the New Zealand spouse or partner would not be able to sponsor a residence application under spouse or de facto partner policy within the validity of the permit, the application for the work visa or permit may be declined.

   Note: Applications for residence under spouse or de facto partner policy will not be approved if the New Zealand spouse or partner:
   i has previously supported or sponsored more than one other successful principal applicant under spouse or de facto partner policy whose marriage or de facto relationship with the sponsor ended as a result of divorce or separation, or
   ii has supported or sponsored any other successful principal applicant under spouse or de facto partner policy in the five years immediately preceding the date the current application is made, whose marriage or de facto relationship with the sponsor ended as a result of divorce or separation, or
   iii was the perpetrator of an incident of domestic violence which has resulted in the grant of a residence permit to a person under the policy for victims of domestic violence (see S4.5).

Note: A person is considered to be the perpetrator of an incident of domestic violence if they have been convicted in New Zealand of an offence of domestic violence against such a person or they were the subject of a complaint of domestic violence against such a person investigated by the New Zealand Police where the New Zealand Police are satisfied that such domestic violence has occurred (see S4.5.1).

Effective 29/04/2002