Sazzle

My partner is a NZ citizen. We are defacto (two children, mine not
his). We have much of the paperwork in place to apply just a few loose
ends to tie up before we lodge.



Does anyone know, can we go to NZ on some more easily available visa and
get the defacto spouse visas sorted out once we are there?



There are several important reasons why we need to speed things up.



Ideas and suggestions will be appreciated.



Thanks

texan

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:44:26 +0000, Sazzle
<member12376@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >My partner is a NZ citizen. We are defacto (two children, mine not
    >his). We have much of the paperwork in place to apply just a few loose
    >ends to tie up before we lodge.
    >Does anyone know, can we go to NZ on some more easily available visa and
    >get the defacto spouse visas sorted out once we are there?
If the children are not his, there could be a problem trying to take a
'short cut'.
As you know, there are legal issues to be dealt with regarding
removing the children from where they presently reside with their
Father's consent etc.

NZ is a signatory to the Hauge Agreement regarding movement of
children across borders.
    >There are several important reasons why we need to speed things up.
    >Ideas and suggestions will be appreciated.
    >Thanks

Cath

Sazzle

    > As you know, there are legal issues to be dealt with regarding
    > removing the children from where they presently reside with their
    > Father's consent etc.


    > We are aware of this and the children' s father has signed a consent
    > order. the police checks and medicals are in hand and will be ready
    > around January I'd imagine.


    > Thing is, we want to get there as soon as we can as we are totally fed
    > up here. I understand that applications for residence permit can take
    > around 6 months, so we wondered if we could put in the application,
    > sell the house and move out and wait for the visa in NZ.


    > Any experience or knowledge of people doing this would be a big
    > help anyone.


    > thanks.

Rgregan

NZ is different to OZ in these cirumstances. You can apply onshore and
be granted the visa onshore.



The only real problem I see is one of timing of visa grant in relation
to the childrens schooling.



If the visa (or more correctly the permit) is granted pre the new school
year - no problem.



If NZIS take longer to process the application you could run into
problems enrolling the children into schools. I have however seen
some good old kiwi common sense applied by headmasters knowing that a
permanet residence is on the way!

texan

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:40:53 +0000, rgregan
<member9405@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >NZ is different to OZ in these cirumstances. You can apply onshore and
    >be granted the visa onshore.

    >The only real problem I see is one of timing of visa grant in relation
    >to the childrens schooling.

    >If the visa (or more correctly the permit) is granted pre the new school
    >year - no problem.

I don't see any problems with what time of the year a child starts
school - most children start when they are 5 in New Zealand
irrespective of what month of the year their birthday is.
Children are very adaptable to starting a new school.

    > If NZIS take longer to process the application you could run into
    > problems enrolling the children into schools. I have however seen
    > some good old kiwi common sense applied by headmasters knowing that a
    > permanet residence is on the way!

In view of the recent publicity/introduction of new laws regarding
foreign women without residency using NZ to give birth, there may be a
quiet backlash against enrolling children who do not have residency or
enrolling children but making the parent/s pay the foreign student
tuition fee.

Cath