Which family relationships qualify?
A dependent child may visit a parent who is studying in New Zealand. The child must be 17 or younger, or 18 to 19 with no children of their own, and reliant on the parent for financial support.
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- This answer covers only the cited part of the approved question; see the official route page for remaining conditions.
- Captured Immigration New Zealand route page, text line 23
Your dependent children can visit you while you study in New Zealand.
- https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/child-of-a-student-visitor-visa/
For your child to be dependent on you, they must be either 17 or younger, or 18 to 19 with no children of their own. They must also be reliant on you for financial support.
- https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/child-of-a-student-visitor-visa/
We may ask for evidence that children 18 to 19 are financially dependent on you, for example: documents showing they are enrolled at school or university receipts for their daily expenses, like phone, clothes, food bank accounts showing you pay then an allowance receipts for big purchases, like travel.
- https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/child-of-a-student-visitor-visa/
You must be the parent of your dependent children. You must provide evidence that you are the parent of your dependent children, which may include:
- https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/child-of-a-student-visitor-visa/
If your children are travelling alone or with one parent, we may ask for evidence they have the right to leave their country of residence. For example, custody or guardianship papers.