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General Phase 2 opening of the 2021 Resident Visa

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryNew Zealand
Operative dateMarch 1, 2022
CategoryMigration policy
Affected groupEligible 2021 resident visa phase 2 applicants who did not already have access under the staged early-opening provisions

Policy effect

From March 1, 2022, the 2021 Resident Visa category opened generally to eligible Phase 2 applicants. Phase 2 comprised applicants outside the specified Phase 1 groups; some applicants with qualifying Skilled Migrant Category Expressions of Interest had received staged early access under S6.5.15. The opening enabled applications, subject to the category eligibility requirements, rather than automatic residence grants.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: From March 1, 2022, the 2021 Resident Visa category opened generally to eligible Phase 2 applicants.; The opening enabled applications, subject to the category eligibility requirements, rather than automatic residence grants.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… is of an acceptable standard of health. Note: These instructions do not apply to people applying for a further residence class visa under RV2 or RV4. 4 S6.5 Applying for a 2021 Resident Visa S6.5.1 Opening and Closing Dates a. The 2021 Resident Visa Category will open on 1 December 2021 for phase 1 applicants. b. The 2021 Resident Visa Category will open on 1 March 2022 for phase 2 applicants, unless S6.5.15 applies. c. The 2021 Resident Visa Category will close on 31 July 2022 for all applicants and any applications received after this date will be declined. d. Applications must be made usin … b. Phase 2 applicants are all other applicants. c. Applications made between 1 December 2021 and 28 February 2022 (inclusive) must include the number of the application or Expression of Interest referenced in (a) above, or the Expression of Interest number referenced in S6.5.15(a) below. d. Applications made by a phase 2 applicant before 1 March 2022 must be declined, unless the applicant has applied in accordance with S6.5.15 below. Note: All applicants included in a Skilled Migrant Category or Residence from Work application, or Expression of Interest may qualify as a phase 1 applicant. S6. … g the approved online form provided on the Immigration New Zealand website, apart from applications from Dependent Children Aged 25 Years or Older (S6.10.10), which must be made using the approved paper form. S6.5.5 Phase 1 and Phase 2 Applicants a. Phase 1 applicants are those who, on 29 September 2021: i. had made an application for residence under the Skilled Migrant Category or a Residence from Work Category which had not been determined; or ii. had a Skilled Migrant Category Expression of Interest in the Pool which included a dependent child aged 17 years or older as at 29 September 2021.
Immigration New ZealandS6.5.1, S6.5.5 and S6.5.15; Circular 2022-10 implementationOpen official source
Retrieved from https://www.immigration.govt.nz/assets/inz/documents/amendment-circulars/amendment-circular-2022-07.pdf

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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