Immigration with wife?
Aug 16th 2004, 10:30 pm
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Immigration with wife?
Hi,
a friend of mine has got the Iraki (home country) and New Zealand citizenship. He has got a wife that has only got the Iraki citizenship. Both of them live in New Zealand. Now he is thinking about moving to another place, namely to immigrate to another country. He is thinking of Australia or another english speaking country where he has got a permanent residency permission because he is also a Kiwi. The question is in which country his wife will also have a permanent residency permission. As I mentioned before, she is Iraki, but his wife!
I appreciate any comments to this issue.
Regards.
a friend of mine has got the Iraki (home country) and New Zealand citizenship. He has got a wife that has only got the Iraki citizenship. Both of them live in New Zealand. Now he is thinking about moving to another place, namely to immigrate to another country. He is thinking of Australia or another english speaking country where he has got a permanent residency permission because he is also a Kiwi. The question is in which country his wife will also have a permanent residency permission. As I mentioned before, she is Iraki, but his wife!
I appreciate any comments to this issue.
Regards.
Aug 17th 2004, 6:21 am
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Re: Immigration with wife?
Originally Posted by latro
Hi,
a friend of mine has got the Iraki (home country) and New Zealand citizenship. He has got a wife that has only got the Iraki citizenship. Both of them live in New Zealand. Now he is thinking about moving to another place, namely to immigrate to another country. He is thinking of Australia or another english speaking country where he has got a permanent residency permission because he is also a Kiwi. The question is in which country his wife will also have a permanent residency permission. As I mentioned before, she is Iraki, but his wife!
I appreciate any comments to this issue.
Regards.
a friend of mine has got the Iraki (home country) and New Zealand citizenship. He has got a wife that has only got the Iraki citizenship. Both of them live in New Zealand. Now he is thinking about moving to another place, namely to immigrate to another country. He is thinking of Australia or another english speaking country where he has got a permanent residency permission because he is also a Kiwi. The question is in which country his wife will also have a permanent residency permission. As I mentioned before, she is Iraki, but his wife!
I appreciate any comments to this issue.
Regards.
Cheers
Badri
Aug 17th 2004, 12:09 pm
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Re: Immigration with wife?
Originally Posted by badri
I couldn't make it out what you meant but as far as I know He can move to Australia easily. either she can request a Spouse visa or she cna just be his dependant. I would advice to look into www.immi.gov.au or just send an email to any agent here. They are very helpful.
Cheers
Badri
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Badri
He can live in Australia but not with PR rights - http://www.nz-oz.gov.au
He can't sponsor his wife for PR - only for a limited temporary visa that leaves her in a difficult position if he dies or they separate.
Why he thinks a NZ passport will let him live anywhere else is a mystery - it won't.
It would probably make more sense to stay in NZ until his wife gets NZ citizenship before contemplating other options.
Jeremy
