R5.65 Residence Visas

Immigration Act 1987 s 14B(1)

1. Residence visas issued to principal applicants under the Samoan Quota Scheme (see S1.10.55), and the Pacific Access Category (see S1.40.55); are current for travel to New Zealand for 3 months from their date of issue.
2. Residence visas issued to principal applicants under any other category are current for travel to New Zealand for 12 months from their date of issue.
3. No renewals or extensions may be granted.
4. People with residence visas who fail to travel to New Zealand while their residence visa remains current must submit a further residence application if they still wish to live in New Zealand.

   Note: In the case of applicants who wish to re-apply for residence under policies which require selection from a ballot (e.g. Samoan Quota, Pacific Access Category) such applicants must re-register for a ballot and submit a new application for residence if they are successful in such a ballot. Applicants who wish to re-apply for residence under policies which require an invitation to apply following selection from a pool (e.g. Skilled Migrant Category) must submit a new Expression of Interest and subsequently be invited to apply for residence.

5. Any new residence application must be lodged in the prescribed manner and will be assessed against policy applying at the time the new application is made.
6. Visas are issued only if the applicant's travel document is current for the proposed currency of the visa.

R5.65.1 Newborn children of residence visa holders

1. Children born to applicants who hold residence visas but have not yet been granted residence permits, may be included in their parents' application, provided that the child's name is added to the application form and the following documents are submitted:
   1. a full birth certificate, and
   2. 2 passport-sized photographs, and
   3. a fully completed and acceptable NZIS medical certificate, and
   4. an acceptable travel document.
2. Newborn children added to General Skills category, Skilled Migrant Category, Investor category, Entrepreneur category, Employees of relocating businesses category or Family category applications after residence visas are issued to the rest of the family (with the exception of those applicants described at R5.90(a)), are subject to Migrant Levy policy (see R5.90).

Effective 28/07/2008