FQ2 How do people qualify for residence under Family Quota category policy? (29/09/2003)

Parents, grandparents, adult children and siblings and their partner and dependent children qualify for residence under the Family Quota category policy if:

1. their sponsor's registration (see FQ3) is drawn from the Family Quota pool; and
2. they are not eligible for residence in New Zealand under any other category of Government residence policy; and
3. they meet health and character requirements (see R4), and
4. their application is made within 6 months of the NZIS's advice to their sponsor that the sponsor's registration has been drawn from the Family Quota pool.
5. In each case they must be sponsored by their adult child, adult grandchild, adult sibling or parent who:
   1. is in New Zealand, and
   2. is a New Zealand or Australian citizen or the holder of a current residence permit that is not subject to requirements under s18A of the Immigration Act 1987, and
   3. has been a New Zealand or Australian citizen and/or the holder of a residence permit or a returning resident's visa for at least three years immediately preceding the date the Registration Form for Family Quota Sponsor is lodged, and
   4. in each of the three 12 month portions within that three-year period, has spent a total of 184 days or more in New Zealand.

Effective 29/09/2003