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Changes to immigration family residence categories: questions and answers
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Why is the Government making changes to immigration family residence categories?
The changes to immigration family policies will help New Zealand attract and retain skilled migrants, and ensure that family migrants can settle well and are self-sufficient.
New Zealand faces growing global competition for migrants with the skills we need to grow our economy. Being able to sponsor your parents to live here is important to help attract and retain skilled migrants. As a result of these policy changes, many skilled migrants who wish to sponsor their parents for residence here will experience a swifter decision and less bureaucratic criteria, This will give New Zealand a competitive advantage in the international hunt for these highly skilled workers.
These immigration policy changes will also help ensure we are attracting family migrants who are self-sufficient and can settle well. The door will still be open to parents of other migrants but their applications will not be prioritised.
What changes are being made to the Parent Category?
There will be a new two-tier system for applications, with common and also some different requirements for each tier.
Tier one will be given priority processing ahead of tier two.
Tier One requirements
Tier One applicants must:
•have a guaranteed lifetime minimum income of NZ$27,203 per annum for a single person or $NZ39,890 per annum for a couple, or
•bring at least NZ$500,000 in settlement funds to New Zealand, or
•have a sponsoring adult child who has an annual income of at least NZ$65,000, or joint income of NZ$90,000 when combined with their partner’s income.
Tier One applicants will not be subject to a “centre of gravity” test whereby the number of adult children in New Zealand need to be at least as many as the adult children in the home country.
Tier Two requirements
Tier Two applicants must have a sponsoring adult child who has an income of at least NZ$33,675 per annum.
Any other children the applicant has must live outside the home country.
Requirements for both tiers
To help them settle in New Zealand, all applicants must meet a minimum standard of English (meet at least two competencies of International English Language Testing System Level 4 if they are not able to demonstrate it through other means such as time spent in an English-speaking country) or pre-pay English language tuition, and
Applicants in either Tier One or Tier Two must not have any dependent children.
There will be no change to the requirement for sponsors to be either New Zealand citizens or residents for three years.
There will be no change to health and character requirements for parents. |
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