According to sources Stephen Dunstan, General Manager Enablement, at Immigration new zealand, the government agency, told, “INZ immigration instructions previously allowed granting of a visitor visa to an individual to enter NZ for an arranged marriage with a citizen or a residence class visa holder. However, a visitor’s visa was not granted to those who had entered into an arranged marriage overseas.”
“In november, the NZ government made a small change to the arranged marriage instructions to better reflect the intention of the policy. It now allows a visitor visa to be granted to individuals who have entered into an arranged marriage, regardless of where that marriage took place,” he adds.
Alastair McClymont, founder of the immigration law firm McClymont & Associates. As ‘living together’ in a genuine and stable relationship is a primary requirement for a partnership visa, spouses who have entered into an arranged marriage are not immediately eligible for a ‘partnership visa’. Typically, such couples have met only for some days at the time of engagement and live together only post the marriage ceremony.
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