Map your timeline from the date the younger partner turned 18, and build your evidence from there.

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Planning a NZ partner visa? The rules changed on 25 Sept 2026. 🇳🇿

Both partners must now be 18+, and INZ only counts relationship evidence from when both were 18.
For young couples, timing is everything. 🧵

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Bottom line: use the 6 months as an active job search — land an accredited employer, then move to an AEWV.

Full breakdown 👉
iclegal.co.nz/new-short-term-graduate-work-visa-nzs-6-month-pathway/

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No do-overs allowed.
One grant per person, for life.
No partners or kids included.
No business ownership.
Work must be under a genuine employment agreement.
6 months, no extension.

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Who it's for & what you need:

NZQCF Level 5-7 quals, not Post-Study eligible
24+ wks full-time study in NZ
NZD $5,000 funds + valid medical cert
Apply within 3 months of student visa expiry

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🎓 Big update for graduates: from 16 Nov 2026, a brand new Short-Term Graduate Work Visa opens.

6 months open work rights for grads who don't qualify for the Post-Study Work Visa.

Here's what's changing 🧵

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3️⃣ No personal use allowed.
Investors and family members can't live in a Build to Rent property funded through their AIP investment - even temporarily.

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2️⃣ The Growth category minimum stays at NZD 5 million, held for at least 3 years.
Build to Rent doesn't lower the bar - it just adds another route to meet it.

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1️⃣ Build to Rent developments now qualify as a Growth category investment - but only through Invest New Zealand-approved managed funds.

Direct property purchases won't count.

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🇳🇿 Big update for Active Investor Plus Visa applicants: from Dec 2026, Build to Rent joins the Growth category as a new investment option.

More flexibility, same $5M commitment. Here's what's changing 🧵

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This isn't a loosening of the bar - it's a fix to settings that never matched the real policy goal: bringing in people who can genuinely run a business well.

Evidence requirements haven't changed. Only the structure rules have.

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