OFFICE USE ONLY Client no.: Date re

OFFICE USE ONLY Client no.: Date received: / / Application no.:
Partnership-Based Temporary
Visa Application
INZ 1198
for people applying based on partnership or
to enter for the purpose of a culturally arranged marriage
For further information on immigration
visit www.immigration.govt.nz
March 2014
Refer to the Partnership-Based Temporary Visa Guide (INZ 1199)
The Partnership-Based Temporary Visa Guide (INZ 1199) contains important information about the requirements for a
partnership visa and how to complete this form. It can be downloaded from www.immigration.govt.nz/forms.
Who should use this form?
Use this form if you are applying for a work or visitor visa on the basis of your partnership with either a New Zealand
citizen or resident or a person who holds (or is applying for) a temporary visa to New Zealand.
You should also use this form if you are applying for a visitor visa on the basis of a culturally arranged marriage with a
New Zealand citizen or resident
If you wish to study in New Zealand, you will need to apply using the form Student Visa Application (INZ 1012) and meet
immigration requirements under student visa instructions.
What is partnership?
Immigration New Zealand’s definition of partnership is that you are living with your partner in a genuine and stable
relationship. It is not necessary to be married. Regardless of whether you are married your relationship must have been
entered into with the intention of being maintained on a long-term and exclusive basis and be likely to endure.
What is a culturally arranged marriage?
A culturally arranged marriage is a marriage that follows an identified cultural tradition where the arrangements for the
marriage, including the initial selection of the persons to be married, are made by persons who are not parties to the
marriage. A person can be granted a visitor visa for the purpose of a culturally arranged marriage if they plan to marry
within three months of their arrival in New Zealand.
Documents required
Use the checklist on page 2 of this form to find out which documents you must provide. Your partner must complete the
Form for Partners Supporting Partnership-Based Temporary Entry Applications (INZ 1146).
Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007
Under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 it is an offence to provide immigration advice without being licensed or
exempt. If your immigration adviser is not licensed when they should be, Immigration New Zealand will return your application.
For more information and to view the register of licensed advisers, go to the Immigration Advisers Authority website
www.iaa.govt.nz or email info@iaa.govt.nz.
Lawyers provide immigration advice and are exempt from licensing under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007. For more
information and to view the register of immigration lawyers, go to the New Zealand Law Society website www.lawsociety.org.nz.
filling in this form, please write clearly in English using CAPITAL LETTERS.
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Application checklist
You must provide all the information required below. If you
do not, your application will be returned to you.
All applicants must provide:
Completed, signed application form.
Appropriate fee.
Two passport-sized colour photographs.
Passport or travel document.
Medical and Chest X-ray certificates if required by
Section C: Your health.
Police certificates if required by Section D: Character..
Form for Partners Supporting Partnership-Based
Temporary Entry Applications (INZ 1146) and
associated documents.
Partners of New Zealand citizens, residents and
visa holders must provide
Evidence you are currently living together in a
genuine and stable relationship (see below).
Evidence of the duration you have been living together.
Evidence of the duration of your partnership.
If you are 16 or 17, evidence that your parent or
guardian supports your partnership.
The responsibility rests with you to satisfy us that
you are living in a genuine and stable relationship with
your partner. Documents which help support your
partnership could include, but are not limited to:
• a letter which outlines the history of your relationship
• evidence of living together over a period of time in a
common place of residence such as official letters
or bills sent to the same address and joint tenancy
agreement
• evidence of financial interdependence such as
transfer receipts, joint accounts, joint purchases,
joint assets or loans
• evidence of contact between you, such as letters,
emails and phone contact
• evidence of time spent together such as photographs
of you both together, or together with family and
friends, air tickets showing holidays together.
Partners of student visa holders must provide
Evidence of at least NZ$4,200 of available funds
for maintenance during your period of stay in
New Zealand.
Applicants for a visitor visa based on a culturally
arranged marriage to a New Zealand citizen or
resident must provide:
Evidence that the intended marriage follows an
identified cultural tradition.
Evidence there is no legal impediment to the
intended marriage because you are not close
relatives and neither of you are already married.
Evidence that the intended wedding will take place
within three months of your arrival in New Zealand (eg
venue bookings, catering arrangements, guest list, etc).
An identified cultural tradition means a culture where
it is normal for the arrangements for the marriage,
including the initial selection of the persons to be married,
to have been made by persons who are not parties to
the marriage. Evidence that the marriage is following an
identified cultural tradition can be, but is not limited to:
• communication between the parents of the couple, or
a person acting as a go-between or matchmaker,
• other documents indicating public recognition of the
arrangement or ceremony
• confirmation from independent sources that such
arrangements or ceremonies are in accordance with
the cultural custom of the parties concerned.
It is also helpful if you provide a written account of how
your marriage was arranged.
For more information about what type of documents are
considered acceptable evidence in the country where
you live, visit the branch page for your area by going
to www.immigration.govt.nz/contactus and select the
appropriate branch.
Including dependent children in your application
If you are applying for a visitor visa as a partner or for the
purpose of a culturally arranged marriage, you may include
dependent children under the age of five in this application.
Complete your children’s details on the form Additional
Dependants for a Visitor Visa (INZ 1205) and attach it to
this form. For each dependent child you include, you must
provide their passport, two recent passport-sized photos
and medical certificates if required. You must also provide
evidence that you are the child’s parent or legal guardian.
Note, only visitor visa applicants can include dependent
children in their application.
Returning your documents
Please tick one of the following options
Please return all documents to me by secure post
at the address given at B3 .
I wish to collect my documents when ready.
Note: This option is not available in all branches, see your branch
website at www.immigration.govt.nz/contactus to check if you
can collect your documents.
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Section A Principal applicant’s personal details
For more information about the questions in this section, see ‘Completing
Section A: Personal details’ in the Partnership-Based Temporary Visa Guide.
Attach two colour passport-size photographs of yourself here.
The photographs must be less than six months old.
Write your full name on the back of both photographs.
A1 Name as shown in passport
Family/last name
Given/first name(s)
A2 Preferred title Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr other (specify)
A3 Other names you are known by or have ever been known by
A4 Gender Male Female A5 Date of birth
A6 Town/city of birth
Country of birth
A7 Passport details
Number
Country Expiry date
A8 Other citizenships you hold
A9 Partnership status Single Separated Partner Divorced
Married/in civil union Engaged Widowed
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3.5cm 3.5cm
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What type of temporary visa are you applying for?
Work visa based on partnership
Visitor visa based on partnership
Visitor visa based on a culturally arranged marriage to a
New Zealand citizen or resident.
Indicate the status of your partner
New Zealand citizen
New Zealand resident
Work visa holder
Student visa holder.*
* Note: Partners of most student visa holders must apply for a visitor visa. Partners of holders of student visas granted for the following purposes can
apply for a work visa:
• to study a level 7 or higher qualification in an area of absolute skill shortage as specified in the Long Term Skill Shortage List, or
• to study a postgraduate qualification, or
• to study as a New Zealand Aid Programme Scholarship student.
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Section B Contact details
B1 Your current residential address.
Address
Telephone (landline) Telephone (mobile)
Email
B2 If you are currently in New Zealand, your most recent overseas address.
Address
B3 Name and address for communication about this application
Same as address at B1 , or as below
Family/last name Given/first name(s)
Company name (if applicable) and address
Telephone (daytime) Telephone (evening)
Email
B4 Do you authorise the person stated at B3 to act on your behalf? Yes No
B5 Have you received immigra