Bringing family to New Zealand
Find out about bringing partners, parents, and dependent children to New Zealand and the visa options that support family.
-
Bringing family if you have a work
Whether you can support visas for your partner and dependent children depends on the type of work visa you have.
-
Bringing family if you have a student
If you have a student visa you can support visitor visas for your family. You may also be able to support a work visa for your partner and student visas for your dependent children.
-
Visas for family of Ukrainians in New
The 2022 Special Ukraine Visa closed to new applications on 15 March 2024. If you are in New Zealand on a Special Ukraine Visa, you can apply for a Ukraine Resident Visa — you can apply for a further Special Ukraine Visa if your current visa is going to expire while waiting for our decision on your resident visa application.
-
Coming to New Zealand on the Parent Resident
Learn about how to come to New Zealand on the Parent Resident Visa. This visa allows for a parent, grandparent or legal guardian of a New Zealand citizen or resident to live in New Zealand.
-
Partnership and how to prove
If you are applying for a visa based on your partnership, or including a partner in your visa application, find out how we define partnership and what evidence you can provide to show your relationship is genuine.
-
If your relationship
When a relationship ends, it can affect your visa status if you have a partnership-based visa, or your eligibility for a visa if you have applied for one.
-
Bringing
How to apply for visas for dependent children.
-
If you are
If you are pregnant and apply for a temporary visa to visit, study, or work in New Zealand, you must tell us how you will pay for your maternity care while you are here.
-
International
You need a temporary visitor visa for a child born through an international surrogacy arrangement. The Minister of Immigration decides whether to grant this visa.