The Dependent Child Visa comes under the Family Category. The Dependent Child policy allows children to move to the land of kiwis to be with their parents. Under this category, as a parent you are allowed to sponsor your biological, as well as legally adopted children. For this, however, you must be a citizen or permanent resident.

Basic requirements to obtain the New Zealand Dependent Child Visa:

Immigration New Zealand has set a number of prerequisites that need to be fulfilled by the applicants. Below are some of them:

• The child must be 16-year-old or younger or 17-24 year-old, with no dependent children.
• The child must meet the health plus character standards.
• The child must be completely dependent on an adult financially, no matter whether he/she lives with the adult or not.
• The dependent child may be required to produce evidences to support his/her relationship to the parents, as well as the latter’s residence status/proof in the New Zealand.
• The dependent child must have been born or adopted prior his/her parents applied for New Zealand residence/declaration of parent residence application or
• He/she must have been born after the parents applied for New Zealand’s residence application or
• He/she was adopted as per the New Zealand law.

Once all the prerequisites are fulfilled by the dependent child, he will provided with a permanent residence visa, so that he/she can live with the parents permanently in New Zealand. Besides, the applicant will also be issued with a Returning Resident’s Visa (RRV), which will allow him/her to travel in and out of New Zealand for maximum 2 years as a New Zealand resident.

To know more about New Zealand Dependent Child Visa, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!