If your spouse / partner is in New Zealand on work visa then as per the policy of Immigration New Zealand you may apply for New Zealand work visa based on your partnership. So if you are married to a NZ work visa holder you may yourself be eligible for a work visa. The duration of the visa would be the same as of your spouse. This visa allows you to join your partner in New Zealand. As this a work visa you may also work in New Zealand. This also allows you to study but applicants must note that they may only study for a period of 3 months. The best part is that you do not need any job offer to apply for partnership based work visa for New Zealand. Applicants must take care that all work visa holders may not be eligible to support work visa for their dependent spouses. Applicants must consult an experienced and licensed Immigration adviser- LIA for New Zealand to know about the work visa eligibility for New Zealand.
Who is eligible to apply Partner of a worker work visa for New Zealand?
The supporting partner that is the person who is in New Zealand must have a work visa which qualifies him/her to support work visa for dependent spouse. Following work visas categories are eligible to support NZ dependent spouse work visa
AEWV Work visa holder (wage conditions and living together condition apply)
Post study work visa holder (living together condition apply)
If you hold following work visa then you may not apply for partnership based work visa for your dependent spouse
- A working holiday visa,
- Fishing crew visa,
- Silver fern job search visa,
- Limited visa under RSE or SSE schemes
Living together Eligibility condition for partner of a worker work visa for New Zealand
Applicants can apply partnership based work visa for New Zealand after the couple has lived together for a certain period of time. Living together in a genuine and a stable relationship is one of the very important eligibility requirements for dependent spouse/ partnership visas for New Zealand
The first condition is that you must be in a genuine and stable relationship with your spouse. As these visas are largely based on your relationship with your spouse, the case officer must be satisfied that your relationship is genuine and it is a stable relationship.
The second very important requirement for dependent spouse visa is that you must be living together in a stable relationship. The case officer must be satisfied that you have spent considerable amount of living together as a husband and wife.
Wage conditions for Accredited Employer Work Visa holder- AEWV
If you hold an AEWV then in order to support work visa for your dependent spouse for New Zealand you must fulfil the following conditions along with living together condition
You must be paid the minimum wage rate. The current minimum wage rate for New Zeeland is NZD 29.66 an hour
Or
The wage threshold when you applied for your AEWV.
There are also further wage requirements and green list requirements which decide that the Partner of a worker work visa for New Zealand would be an open work visa or a work visa with conditions.
Other requirements to be met for Partner of a worker work visa for New Zealand
- You must have health standards as acceptable by Immigration New Zealand
- You must have good character
- You must have genuine intention to visit New Zealand
- You must have eligible supporting partner who is a work visa holder
- You must have funds to support yourself
Processing time for Partner of a worker work visa about 9 weeks
Visa fee for Partner of a worker work visa NZD 700
Why West Highlander?
Ms. Parwinder Kaur one of the directors of West Highlander is a LIA- Licensed Immigration Adviser for New Zealand based in Chandigarh. She holds a full license by Immigration Adviser Authority New Zealand. She has experience from past 19 years in providing visa-assistance for New Zealand visas to her clients. She is a Licensed Immigration Adviser certified by IAA-Immigration Advisers Authority (New Zealand Govt.). Her License Number is 201002008.
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