Parent & Grandparent Visitor Visa Form (Main Applicant)

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Character details

The information entered in this section is collected by INZ to ensure that you meet the character requirements.

Have you ever been convicted at any time of any offence, including any driving offence? *

You must include all overseas and New Zealand convictions. You do not need to include New Zealand convictions covered by the New Zealand Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004.

Are you currently under investigation, wanted for questioning, or facing charges for any offence in any country including New Zealand? *

Have you ever been expelled, deported, excluded, removed from or refused entry to any country? *

Have you ever been refused a visa or permit by any country excluding New Zealand? *

Current employment

The information entered in this section is collected by INZ to ensure they have all necessary information required to assess your application.

Are you currently working? *

This includes employment and self-employment in your home country.

Relationship status

The information entered in this section is collected by INZ to ensure they have all necessary information required to assess your application.

What is your partnership status? *

You must choose the option that best describes your current partnership status. Definition of partner can be find https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/site-information/glossary#partner

New Zealand contacts

Do you have any contacts in New Zealand? *

Documents uploaded in this section are collected by INZ as evidence of your eligibility for the visa you are applying for.

Based on the information you have provided, you must upload the following documents to support your visa application The size of each document must not exceed 5MB unless otherwise specified. If you have multiple documents to upload as evidence for the same requirement, combine these together into one PDF file before uploading. A document that is translated must be a certified official translation. See our help pages for uploading documents

Are all the documents you intend to upload in English? *

Sponsor

NOTE: You have indicated that a sponsor will be financially supporting your stay. After you submit your application form, we will email your sponsor and ask them to complete the sponsorship form online. Your sponsor must complete the sponsor form within the time given, or your application may be declined. Your sponsor will be provided with your name and visa application details (type of visa and your estimated dates of arrival and departure) to assist them with completing the sponsorship request. Your application will be assessed once your sponsor has completed their form. If your sponsor is accepted and your visa is approved, your sponsor will be notified.

Sponsor details

Name of your sponsor *

First

Middle

Last

Sponsor's email address *

ALERT: This email address will be used to communicate with your sponsor. Please provide an email address that they check regularly and check that you have entered it accurately.

Sharing ID *

Insert the Sharing ID of your sponsor here. Please copy and paste the number or type carefully. You can find where to get the sharing ID via this link, https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/tools-and-information/sponsorship/criteria-and-process-for-sponsors

Identity evidence

Upload the relevant pages of the passport or travel document you will be travelling on

Your passport or travel document *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

Include any pages with your photo, personal details, details of your family, name change endorsement or extensions to expiry date.

Your national identification card *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

Providing your identification card can help us process your application. If you have more than one identification card, scan all into one document and upload.

Your household registration

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

This evidence will help INZ process your application faster.

Are you living in a country that is not your country of citizenship? *

Purpose of visit evidence

Evidence of your relationship to your child or grandchild *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

This can include birth certificates, adoption papers or any other documents that confirm your relationship to the sponsor.

Evidence of genuine intent

Evidence from your employer showing that your leave from work is approved

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

An optional upload to confirm your intent to return to work in your home country

Evidence of your Australian visa – if applicable

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

If you plan to travel to Australia immediately before or after your visit to New Zealand, uploading evidence of it here will assist us in processing your application.

Other evidence of genuine intent

In addition to the evidence provided above, additional evidence will help with assessing whether you genuinely intend to stay in New Zealand temporarily and will comply with the conditions of your visa. For more information, visit https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/tools-and-information/character-and-identity/bona-fide

Do you want to upload other evidence of your genuine intent in support of your application? *

Permission and authority

Authorisation for another person to submit your visitor visa application on your behalf Visitor visa declaration form Immigration lawyers (exempt from licensing) can, as per current practice, upload a document on their letterhead confirming they are acting on behalf of the applicant or choose to use the standard INZ declaration.

INZ 1224 Form *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

PAYMENT FOR IMMIGRATION FEES

Please upload a credit/ debit card to pay for the Immigration application fees for your application.

Credit/ Debit Card *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

Other evidence

Do you have any other evidence to support your application that you want to upload? *

ALERT

You should only add one document per category. If you have multiple pages for the same category, combine them into one PDF.

Please email us if you further documents to be uploaded with your application.

Declaration *

I have checked that the documents I have uploaded accurately represent the statements made in this form

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Declaration

NOTE: Before you submit your application you must make the declaration below. Read it carefully and make sure you understand it before making the declaration.

If you have included children in this application and they are aged under 18 then this declaration will apply to them as well. If your partner or children aged 18 years of age or older are included in this application, they must sign a separate declaration form which you must upload with this application.

You have provided true and correct answers to the questions in this form, and uploaded all the documents requested, including any translations of documents that are required. The documents you have uploaded are genuine, and they accurately reflect the answers you have given to the questions in this form.

You understand that you may be required to provide additional information, including attending a medical examination and providing your passport to Immigration New Zealand (INZ), before your application is decided. If additional information is requested, and you do not provide it within the timeframes provided, your application may be declined. timeframes provided, your application may be declined. Any additional information requested will form part of your application.

You will inform TME LTD and INZ of any relevant fact or change of circumstances that may affect the decision on your application for a visa (including because you may no longer meet the criteria for the visa for which you are applying), or affect the decision to grant entry permission based on the visa for which you are applying.

Examples of matters you should inform INZ about include a change in employment or partnership status, a change in your health, or a new issue related to character requirements.

You understand that, by submitting this application, you are providing information to an immigration officer. If false or misleading information is submitted or relevant information is withheld, including by your agent, your application may be declined without further warning. You may be denied entry to New Zealand or made liable for deportation. If your visa has already been approved it may be cancelled. It is an offence under the Immigration Act 2009 to provide false or misleading information in relation to a visa application, and you may be prosecuted.

You must only receive immigration advice from a person who is licensed, or exempt from licensing

You understand that if you have received immigration advice from any person, and that person is not licensed under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 when they should be, INZ will not continue to process your application. For more information, see www.iaa.govt.nz

Collection and use of your information

Collection of your information is authorised by the Immigration Act 2009 and the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission and Related Matters) Regulations 2010. If you do not provide the required information a decision on your application may be delayed, or your application may be declined.

You understand that TME LTD & INZ is collecting and will use the information in this application, including any associated documents, to:

assess your eligibility to apply for a visa, and

assess your visa application, and make decisions about entry to New Zealand, and

improve INZ’s services and its administration of the Immigration Act 2009, including internal quality assurance and audit and/or review of decisions, and

communicate with you (or your authorised contact person), including about this application and any associated documents, and matters relating to your immigration status.

Your information may also be anonymised and used for survey or research purposes.

INZ shares information with other agencies and service providers to assess this application and make decisions about you

You understand INZ may disclose information on this application and/or accompanying documentation to other agencies, including other government agencies in New Zealand and overseas for the purposes of assessing this application and making decisions under the Immigration Act 2009, including about your immigration status.

You understand that other agencies or persons may hold information that INZ needs to make decisions regarding this application.

You understand these agencies include in particular border or immigration agencies, education providers, financial institutions, foreign embassies, government authorities, healthcare providers, police or other law enforcement agencies, and your former, current, or prospective employers.

You authorise INZ to collect information directly from relevant agencies, and authorise those agencies to disclose information to INZ, for the purposes of making decisions about this application.

INZ shares information with agencies and organisations to confirm your immigration status in New Zealand

You authorise INZ to provide information about your health and your immigration status to any health service agency so that the health agency can determine your eligibility for publicly-funded health services, and where appropriate, recover costs for the delivery of health services.

You authorise INZ to provide information about your entitlement to work or study in New Zealand to potential education providers or employers, including via the online VisaView system.

INZ will keep your information

You understand that when you submit this application, the information you provide will be retained in INZ, in accordance with INZ's retention policies.

TME LTD will keep your information

You understand that when you submit this application, the information you provide will be retained in TME LTD, in accordance with TME LTD's retention policies.

You must comply with the conditions of your visa

If your visa application is approved, you understand that you must comply with all the conditions of that visa, and leave New Zealand on or before the expiry date of that visa. If you remain in New Zealand after your visa has expired, you may be deported by INZ. If you are granted a limited visa, and you remain in New Zealand after your visa has expired, you may be deported by INZ without the right of appeal.

Access to health care while in New Zealand

You agree that if you are not entitled to free health care in New Zealand, you, or your sponsor, if applicable, will pay for any health care or medical assistance you may require in New Zealand.

Your privacy rights

INZ will not use or disclose the information provided in this application for any other purpose unless such use or disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Under the Privacy Act 2020 you have the right to request access to all information held about yourself and to request correction of that information. INZ's privacy policy, and the process to make a request for your information, is set out in the privacy statement on the INZ website.

Your privacy rights - TME LTD

TME LTD will not use or disclose the information provided in this application for any other purpose unless such use or disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Under the Privacy Act 2020 you have the right to request access to all information held about yourself and to request correction of that information. TME LTD's privacy policy, and the process to make a request for your information, is set out in the privacy statement on the TME LTD website.

Terms of use

The terms of use for Immigration Online are available on the INZ website.

Declaration *

I have read and understood this declaration, INZ’s privacy statement and the terms of use for Immigration Online

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Parent & Grandparent Visitor Visa Form (Main Applicant)

Identity details

Identity information

New Zealand immigration history

Passport and birth details

Police certificates

You will need to upload a police certificate from your country of nationality prior to submitting your application

National identity details

Other citizenships

Upload photo

Contact details

Parent and Grandparent

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Your financial support

Your stay in New Zealand

Parental permission

Character details

Guidance

Tuberculosis

Medical care during your stay in New Zealand

Pregnancy

Length of stay

Previous medical certificate

Current employment

Provide details of your current work

Provide details of your last paid work

Relationship status

Current partner

Provide your partner’s details

New Zealand contacts

Provide the name, address and contact details of any friends, relatives or contacts you have in New Zealand

Documents uploaded in this section are collected by INZ as evidence of your eligibility for the visa you are applying for.

Sponsor

Sponsor details

Identity evidence

Purpose of visit evidence

Evidence of genuine intent

Other evidence of genuine intent

Provide details of the other evidence you wish to upload

Permission and authority

PAYMENT FOR IMMIGRATION FEES

Other evidence

ALERT

Please email us if you further documents to be uploaded with your application.

Declaration

You must only receive immigration advice from a person who is licensed, or exempt from licensing

Collection and use of your information

INZ shares information with other agencies and service providers to assess this application and make decisions about you

INZ shares information with agencies and organisations to confirm your immigration status in New Zealand

INZ will keep your information

TME LTD will keep your information

You must comply with the conditions of your visa

Access to health care while in New Zealand

Your privacy rights

Your privacy rights - TME LTD

Terms of use