S3.20 Requirements for grant of a permanent resident visa (refugee or protection status) (26/03/2012)

1. To be granted a permanent resident visa, principal applicants must satisfy immigration officers that:
   1. refugee or protection status has been recognised; and
   2. they have established their identity and that of any partner and/or dependent child(ren); and
   3. the relationship between the principal applicant and any partner and/or dependent child(ren) included meets residence criteria (see R2.1.15 and R3); and
   4. they meet the health and character requirements in A4 and A5, or are waived from these requirements by an appropriately delegated immigration officer, who has applied the instructions set out at A4.55 (A4.55 Deferral of decisions on residence applications pending treatment for medical conditions, http://inzkit/publish/opsmanual/index.htm#44861.htm) and A5.25.1, has waived them (see also C5.15.5); and
   5. they are not able to be deported from New Zealand because of the limitation on deportation arising from section 164 of the Immigration Act 2009 (see also C5.15.5)
2. Refugees or protected persons who have held limited visas at any time are not eligible to apply for a permanent resident visa. They can only be granted a permanent resident visa under section 61 of the Immigration Act 2009 upon the expiry of their limited visa.

Effective 26/03/2012