Who can sponsor you ? From the Parent's point of view
You can be sponsored for the Parent Resident Visa by:
your adult New Zealand citizen or resident child
jointly by your adult child and their partner, or
jointly by your adult child and another adult child of a parent included in the application.
Then please also note-
Your sponsors need to be New Zealand citizens or residents who have been resident here for at least 3 years.
If you are being sponsored by a child and their partner, they must have been living together for at least 12 months.
Your sponsors must earn enough as follows,
They must have earned at least the minimum income we require for 2 years in the 3-year period before your expression of interest was selected.
The minimum income they need changes depending on if you have single or joint sponsors.
How does one calculate your sponsor or sponsor's minimum income ??
Things to know:
If you have 1 or 2 sponsors
How many parents are being sponsored — this includes any parents they are also currently sponsoring
Which two 12-month periods your sponsor will use to have their income assessed on
What the New Zealand median income was on the last day of each 12-month period that your sponsor’s income will be assessed on.
You can use the minimum income tables to check the New Zealand median wage for the past 3 years and how much your sponsors need to have earned.
Minimum income table: for 1 sponsor
This starts at 1.5 times the New Zealand median wage for 1 parent, and increases by half the median wage amount for each additional parent.
Minimum income table: for 2 sponsors
This starts at 2 times the median wage for 1 parent, and increases by half the median wage amount for each additional parent.
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