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Joint declaration permitted as partnership evidence for a partner included in a visitor visa application

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

CountryNew Zealand
Operative dateDecember 7, 2015
CategoryMigration policy
Affected groupPartners included as secondary applicants in visitor visa applications

Policy effect

From December 7, 2015, where a visitor visa application included a partner as a secondary applicant, an immigration officer could accept a declaration from both parties as evidence that they were living together in a genuine and stable partnership. The instruction provided discretion to accept this evidence; it did not remove the partnership eligibility requirements.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: it did not remove the partnership eligibility requirements.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… nd Pacific Access Category schemes will be referred to the appropriate guide, rather than form, for detailed information about registration requirements. Changes to temporary entry instructions effective on and after 7 December 2015 BB3.10 Points scale for an Entrepreneur Work Visa A reference to Cabinet processes has been removed. E4.5 Temporary entry class visa for partners and dependent children Instructions have been amended to allow an immigration officer to accept a partner included in an application for a visitor visa as living with the principal applicant in a genuine and stable partne … porary entry class visa holder, a New Zealand citizen, or residence class visa holder, the following must be provided: i. evidence of their relationship, and ii. evidence that demonstrates they are living together with that partner in a genuine and stable relationship (E4.5.35 sets out the types of evidence that are required). b. Where a person is applying for a temporary entry class visa on the basis of partnership, their partner must provide a completed Form for Partners Supporting Partnership-based Temporary Entry Applications (INZ 1146). c. Despite (a) above for the purposes of visitor vis … a instructions, where an application includes a partner as a secondary applicant, a declaration from both parties may be accepted as evidence that they are living together in a genuine and stable partnership (see E4.5.35(b)). E4.5.25 Definition of ‘genuine and stable’ partnership A partnership is genuine and stable if an immigration officer is satisfied that it: a. is genuine, because it has been entered into with the intention of being maintained on a long-term and exclusive basis; and b. is stable, because it is likely to endure. E4.5.30 Definition of ‘living together’ For the purposes of th … 30 November 2015 IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND INSTRUCTIONS: Amendment Circular No. 2015/10 To: All Manual Holders AMENDMENTS TO THE IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND OPERATIONAL MANUAL Introduction This circular outlines changes to immigration instructions. A copy of the amended instructions is attached. All immigration officers dealing with immigration applications should read the amendments in Appendix 1 and operate in accordance with the amended instructions on and after 7 December 2015. All immigration officers dealing with immigration applications should read the amendments in Appendix 2 and operate in …
Immigration New ZealandAmendment Circular 2015/10; E4.5.20(c)Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.immigration.govt.nz/assets/inz/documents/amendment-circulars/amendmentcircular201510.pdf

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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