V4.35 Currency and Conditions of a Parent Boost visitor visa

V4.35.1 Currency of a Parent Boost visitor visa

1. Successful applicants for a Parent Boost visitor visa will be granted a visitor visa allowing the holder:
   1. six months to first enter New Zealand from the start date of the visa; and
   2. a five year stay from the date of their first arrival; and
   3. multiple entries throughout the five year stay. 
2. Despite E3.10(a), a Parent Boost visitor visa may be granted for the full duration of their visa, regardless of the applicant’s passport expiration date.

V4.35.5 Conditions of a Parent Boost visitor visa

Visas granted under these instructions will be subject to the condition that:

1. the visa holder(s) maintains acceptable travel and/or health insurance (see V4.30) for all periods of their stay in New Zealand; and
2. the visa holder(s) continues to meet health requirements for residence as set out in A4.10 for the duration of their visa; and
3. each sponsor must be ordinarily resident in New Zealand (see E4.10) and continue to stay in New Zealand for a minimum of 184 days in each 12-month period from the date of the first arrival of the Parent Boost visitor visa holder (that is, whichever visa holder arrives first); and
4. (in order to confirm that the conditions in (a) and (b) above are met), the Parent Boost visitor visa holder(s) must submit a compliance with conditions form (including payment of the relevant fee) from outside New Zealand, after three years but no later than four years, from the date of their first arrival on a Parent Boost visitor visa (that is, whichever visa holder arrives first), including:
   1. a Medical certificate and Chest x-ray certificate completed by an offshore panel physician issued less than three months before the date the compliance with conditions form is submitted; and
   2. evidence that the Parent Boost visitor visa holder(s) has maintained acceptable travel and/or health insurance for previous periods of stay in New Zealand; and
5. the Parent Boost visitor visa holder(s) must (as part of the compliance with conditions check) remain outside New Zealand until they receive confirmation that they have met the conditions of their visa.

Effective 29/09/2025