Updates from INZ - 18 November 2022

2021 Resident Visa to be Prioritized by INZ

Immigration New Zealand will prioritise processing of eligible 2021 Resident Visa applications from those separated from offshore partners and/or dependent children.

Prioritisation criteria
Criteria for prioritisation includes:

• the family member must be overseas
• the relationship must have been established before COVID-19 restrictions were introduced in 2020
• the application is at the Under assessment or a later stage.

Applications may progress to the Under assessment stage only after police, character and other key checks are completed. These checks must be completed before we can action any requests for urgent processing. 

Prioritisation process
To be prioritized an email must be sent including the following details:

• full name and date of birth
• the details of anyone included in the application, like a partner or dependent child 
• passport number 
• application number 
• INZ client number, if known
• an explanation of why the processing of the application should be escalated.

Requests must be emailed to: [email protected]