A couple's age gap of nearly 40 years is being cited as one of the reasons Immigration New Zealand declined an Indian man's visa application - a move he says is "ageist".
Balwinder Singh, 22, met New Zealander Glyn Kessell, 59, at a hair salon in Glenfield last year.
The relationship started with texts, progressed to "intimacy" within three weeks and then marriage two months later.
Mr Singh said he was "madly, passionately in love" with his wife and the relationship had "hit off right from the start".
But officials do not believe the partnership is genuine and stable.
Mr Singh, who came here as an international student, applied for a work visa under the partnership category after his marriage, but this was declined.
"We have noted that you and your partner have a significant age gap," Immigration NZ wrote to Mr Singh, "and noting the religious and cultural differences between you and your partner, we are not convinced that you and your partner have demonstrated that this relationship is likely to endure."
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作者: NZKIWIBOY 时间: 2013-7-5 08:54:25
子母恋作者: ann-james 时间: 2013-7-5 09:04:13
连老外都不能接受这个事实。。。。作者: AUGUSTUS 时间: 2013-7-5 09:20:53