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Fishy Oct 6th 2009 10:46 pm

sponsoring parents
 
Does anyone who has had experience of sponsoring parents know if the centre of gravity rule for children applies to non-dependent adult step-children from a previous marriage who never lived with my parent? Should they be declared? :blink: Complicated !!! Thanks

BEVS Oct 6th 2009 11:29 pm

Re: sponsoring patents
 
To be clear.
Do you mean that one of your parents has children from a previous marriage who live in the UK. Dependant or independent.
Or do you mean that youer parents was previously married to a person who had kids by another partner but that those kids never lived with your parent and the partner of the time. In other words, not blood relatives.

BEVS Oct 6th 2009 11:45 pm

Re: sponsoring parents
 
From the NZIS website


F4.5.20 Definition of 'centre of gravity'
  1. A family's centre of gravity is in New Zealand if either:
    1. the principal applicant parent has no dependent children (see F4.5.5), and
    2. the number of their adult children (see F4.5.10) lawfully and permanently (see F4.5.1 above) in New Zealand is equal to or greater than those lawfully and permanently in any other single country, including the country in which the principal applicant is lawfully and permanently; or
  2.  
    1. the principal applicant parent has dependent children, and
    2. the number of their adult children lawfully and permanently in New Zealand is equal to or greater than those lawfully and permanently in any other single country, including the country in which the principal applicant parent is lawfully and permanently, and
    3. the number of their dependent children is equal to or fewer than, the number of their adult children who are lawfully and permanently in New Zealand.


Fishy Oct 7th 2009 2:11 am

Re: sponsoring parents
 
"Or do you mean that youer parents was previously married to a person who had kids by another partner but that those kids never lived with your parent and the partner of the time. In other words, not blood relatives."

:DYes that's what i mean, and they have now been divorced for 15 years anyway.Thanks.

BEVS Oct 7th 2009 2:24 am

Re: sponsoring parents
 
If they are not blood related children of either of your parents , then they are of another family and parents entirely and do not come into the equation. Unless of course they were legally adopted by the step-parent. Then that might be another matter.

Fishy Oct 7th 2009 3:50 am

Re: sponsoring parents
 
No blood relation. Many thanks. So good to have anothers take on it. Appreciated.:thumbsup:


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