This visa allows you to get New Zealand residence if you have a partner who is a New Zealand citizen or resident.
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You must provide proof of your identity
If you apply online, you must upload a copy of your passport. After you’ve applied, we’ll tell you when to send us your passport.
If you use a paper application form, you may send us your passport, or a certified copy. If you provide a certified copy, we’ll tell you when to send us your passport.
You must also provide your Kartu Keluarga.
If you are not a French national, you must provide a copy of your carte d’assuré.
You must also provide a copy of your livret de famille.
Also provide a copy of your Identity card.
You must be in good health
You must have a chest x-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.
You must be of good character
You may need to provide police certificates as proof of your good character.
If you're aged 17 and over and will stay in New Zealand for more than 24 months, you must provide police certificates from:
You don't need to provide police certificates if you have provided them to us with an earlier visa application, and they were issued in the previous 24 months.
If you provide a police certificate that is not in English, you must provide an English translation.
This includes police certificates that record no convictions.
Your partner must be a New Zealand citizen or resident
Your partner must provide one of the following:
If your partner is a New Zealand resident because of their citizenship or residence status in Australia, they may provide their Australian passport, permanent residence or resident return visa.
If you apply online, you must upload a copy of this evidence with your application.
If you use a paper application form, you must send us either the original document, or a certified copy.
Partners who have New Zealand residence because they have an Australian passport, permanent residence or resident return visa, must live in New Zealand
If this applies, your partner must provide evidence that they live in New Zealand, this could include:
Your partner must be of good character
Your partner must provide a police certificate from any country they have spent 12 months or more in over the last 10 years. This applies whether the time was spent in one or more visits.
Your partner will not meet our character requirements if they have any convictions for domestic violence or sexual offences. If your partner does not meet our character requirements, we will consider whether they are eligible for a character waiver.
Your partner doesn’t need to provide a New Zealand police certificate – we can arrange this on their behalf.