A vision of a new life often drives people to pack
up and travel to new places. Some people come to New Zealand as skilled
migrants, others come to work, study or invest here.
Many people already settled in New Zealand wish
their close family to join them, and family members, often alone, wish to
come to New Zealand to be close to relatives.
Bringing the family together
You may apply to come to New Zealand to live if you
are sponsored by a family member who is already a New Zealand citizen or
resident. You must be in one of the groups shown below:
join
your New Zealand partner or you may already be in New Zealand and wish to
sponsor your partner
Dependent Child - you want to
come and
join your New
Zealand parent or you may already be in New Zealand and wish to be
reunited with your child
Parent – you want to come and
join
your New Zealand child or you may already be in New
Zealand and wish to
sponsor your parent
Brother, sister or adult child -
you want to come and
join your New
Zealand brother, sister or adult child or you may already be in New
Zealand and wish to
sponsor your brother, sister of adult child.
If you wish to sponsor someone
who is not eligible for residence in New Zealand under any other category,
we offer a number of opportunities each year for families to be reunited.
We have a special relationship
with our Samoan neighbours. As part of this special relationship, each year
we invite a number of Samoan citizens to apply for residence under our
Samoan Quota Scheme.
2005 Samoan Quota registration
The official registration period for the 2005 Samoan
Quota Scheme is from 4 July to 12 August 2005. Completed registration forms
(Samoan
Quota Scheme Registration Form (pdf)) must be
received by the Immigration Service by 12 August 2005. Registrations
received after that date will not be accepted.
If you are from the Pacific
Islands (Fiji, Tuvalu, Tonga or Kiribati) we offer a number of opportunities
each year for people to move here to live.
You may like to consider other
ways you can apply to come to New Zealand for a short time to visit or study
or to come here to live or work.
