New Zealand Temporary Visa Partner of a New Zealander Work Visa

Genuine intentions: You must genuinely intend to meet the conditions of your visa

Your partner’s immigration status: Your partner must be a New Zealand citizen or resident

Your relationship with your partner: You and your partner must be living together in a genuine and stable relationship

Funds or sponsorship: You must have enough money to live on while you are in New Zealand or have an acceptable sponsor.

Eligible NZ supporting partner: Your partner must support your visa application, and be eligible to support a partnership-based resident visa application within 12 months

Your partner’s character: Your partner must be of good character

You and your partner’s plans to be in New Zealand: You and your partner must be planning to live in New Zealand for the same period of time

Step 1 – Your partner supports your visa application

Your partner must fill up and sign a ‘Form for Partners Supporting Partnership-Based Temporary Entry Application’. Your partner is required to give you his/her completed application with all supporting documents for you to attach with your visa application.

Step 2 – You send your visa application

You must fill up and sign a ‘Partnership-Based Temporary Visa Application’. You must send it to Immigration New Zealand with complete application fee, immigration levy, and supporting documents including your partner’s application.

You may require to read the Partnership-Based Temporary Visa Guide to support your application.

Step 3 – Decision about your application

If there is anything else you need to do, Immigration New Zealand will ask for it.

Step 4 – Traveling to New Zealand

If you have not made your travel to New Zealand, check what You will need to do before you arrive.

All applicants must provide:

• Completed, signed application form.
• Appropriate fee and immigration levy.
• Two passport-sized colour photographs.
• Passport or travel document*.
• Medical and Chest X-ray certificates if required by Section C: Your health.
• Police certificates if required by Section D: Character..
• Form for Partners Supporting Partnership-Based
• Temporary Entry Applications (INZ 1146) and associated documents.

Partners of New Zealand citizens, residents and visa holders must provide

• Evidence you are currently living together in a genuine and stable relationship (see below).
• Evidence of the duration you have been living together with emphasis on the last 12 months.
• Evidence of the duration of your partnership.
• If you are 16 or 17, evidence that your parent or guardian supports your partnership

Visa Application Fee: NZD$ 426

This is the charge for Immigration New Zealand to process your application. Immigration New Zealand does not refund application costs if we decline your application. A non-refundable immigration levy is charged and is added in the application Fee.

• You can only have this visa for 2 years, but before it expires you can apply for residence based on your partnership.
• You cannot include dependent children in your visa application, but they can apply for visas based on their relationship to you.