Offshore visa-application exception extended to families of work-visa applicants

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryNew Zealand

Operative dateJuly 4, 2022

CategoryFamily reunification / dependents / work visas / border reopening

Policy toolSecondary legislation (order in council / regulation)

Affected groupOffshore spouses, partners and dependent children of work-visa applicants

Policy effect

From July 4, 2022, spouses, partners and dependent children of work-visa applicants were added to the exceptions from New Zealand’s temporary suspension on offshore temporary-entry visa applications. This removed the application suspension for those family applicants; it did not itself grant them visas.

Official source excerpt

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The amendment to regulation 9A relaxes the suspension by introducing a new exception for spouses, partners, and dependent children of work visa applicants. … These regulations come into force on 4 July 2022. … introducing a new exception for spouses, partners, and dependent children of work visa applicants … After regulation 9A(1) (a) (ii), insert: (iii) a person who is applying for a work visa; or …

New Zealand Legislation / Parliamentary Counsel OfficeImmigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Amendment (COVID-19—Applications) Regulations (No 3) 2022 (SL 2022/204)Open official source

Retrieved from https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2022/0204/latest/contents.html

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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Offshore visa-application exception extended to families of work-visa applicants

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other New Zealand changes operative in 2022