S3.15 Requirements for making an application for grant of residence (26/07/1999)

1. Applications for residence that are based on the recognition of New Zealand refugee status must be made in the prescribed manner (see R2.40) and must include a copy of the letter confirming the grant of refugee status.
2. Applications may be made at any New Zealand branch of the NZIS.
3. Appropriately delegated immigration officers should waive by special direction:
   1. the application fee for the principal applicant and family members included in the refugee status application, and
   2. the requirement to submit an overseas police clearance certificate from the country or countries in relation to which a well-founded fear has been established (see C1.1.1), and/or
   3. any other mandatory requirement for lodgement except the requirement to complete and submit an Application for Residence in New Zealand form together with two passport photographs of, and medical and X-ray certificates for, each person included in the application.
4. If a birth certificate for any person included in the application is unavailable, a statutory declaration confirming full name, date and place of birth and full names of both parents must be submitted.
5. If documents relating to the custody of any child under the age of 16 included in the application are unavailable, a statutory declaration confirming the legal custody of children must be submitted.
6. If a marriage certificate is unavailable for the principal applicant and spouse included in the application, a statutory declaration confirming the date of marriage must be submitted.
7. If overseas police clearances are unavailable for any person aged 17 and older included in the application, a statutory declaration must be provided stating whether the applicant has been convicted, or found guilty of, or charged with, any offences against the law in the country or countries for which police clearance certificates are unavailable.
8. The NZIS will apply for New Zealand Police clearance certificates for the principal applicant and any dependants aged 17 years and over included in the application who have been in New Zealand for more than 12 months at the date the application is made.

Effective 26/07/1999