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Sponsorship For NZ 1025
Sponsorship For NZ 1025
Date received:
Application no.:
INZ 1025
Sponsors responsibilities
When you agree to be a sponsor, you undertake and agree to: reimburse the Crown for all costs/expenses the Crown incurs associated with the people you are sponsoring, for the whole length of their visit (whether they are on a temporary permit, or are in New Zealand unlawfully) repay the New Zealand Government for any costs the New Zealand Government incurs because of your failure to meet your obligations as a sponsor. If you fail to repay any such costs to the New Zealand Government, a debt for the amount of those costs is then due to the Crown. This debt may be enforced against you in the New Zealand Courts. If you do not carry out the responsibilities you have agreed to, it is likely that Immigration New Zealand will recover from you any costs incurred in the removal process for the person(s) who have been sponsored.
or a resident. If you are providing financial support/the cost of accommodation/the cost of return airfares for the visitor(s) you must provide evidence that you have sufficient funds. If you are agreeing to provide accommodation for the visitors while they are in New Zealand, you must also provide evidence that you own, or hold a rental agreement on, the property that the visitor(s) will stay at while they are in New Zealand. If you wish to support your partners (or intended partners) application for a visitors visa/permit you must also complete the Form for Partners Supporting Partnership-Based Temporary Entry Applications (INZ 1146).
Bank confirmation), you must take the form and the evidence you are providing to a person authorised to take a statutory declaration, and complete Section F:
When filling in this form, please print clearly using CAPITAL LETTERS.
Section A
Visitor(s) details
When filling in this form, please print clearly using CAPITAL LETTERS. A1 Details of the visitor(s) you are sponsoring Visitor 1 Full name as shown on passport Relationship to you Date of birth Visitor 2 Full name as shown on passport Relationship to you Date of birth Visitor 3 Full name as shown on passport Relationship to you Date of birth Visitor 4 Full name as shown on passport Relationship to you Date of birth Gender
Male Female
Gender
Male
Female
Gender
Male
Female
Gender
Male
Female
A2 The visitor(s) is applying for a visitors visa/permit for a stay in New Zealand of
months.
Section B
B1 Name
Sponsors details
Family/last name Given/first name(s) B2 Other names you are known by or have ever been known by
B3 Gender
Male
Female
B7 What is your employment status? in full-time paid employment in part-time paid employment unemployed receiving a benefit from Work and Income other (please specify) B8 Your residential address and contact details Name Address
Telephone (evening)
B9 Name and address for communication about this sponsorship form. Same as address at Family/last name
B8
or
Telephone (daytime) Fax B10 Do you authorise the person stated at Yes No
B9
B11 Have you received immigration advice on this application? Yes Please make sure that your immigration adviser completes Section G: Immigration advisers details. Go to No Go to
B13 . B12
B13 Would you like us to email you instructions for registering to check online how your application is progressing? Yes No B14 To sponsor a visitor you must be a New Zealand citizen or the holder of a New Zealand residence permit. Tick one of the options below to show what evidence you have provided. I am a New Zealand citizen and I have provided a certified true copy of my passport, citizenship certificate, or birth certificate. I am the holder of a New Zealand residence permit and I have provided a certified true copy of my residence permit/returning residents visa in my passport.
When filling in this form, please print clearly using CAPITAL LETTERS.
B15 Have you sponsored any visitors to New Zealand previously? Yes Provide details No Details of ALL visitors you have previously sponsored. If the visitor(s) did not arrive, write N/A in Date of arrival.
Name Date of birth
(DD/MM/YY)
Date of arrival
(DD/MM/YY)
Date of departure
(DD/MM/YY)
1. 2. 3. 4 5 6 7.
/ / /
/ / /
/ / /
/ / /
/ / /
/ / /
Section C
Note: if you are sponsoring a visitor(s) under the parent and grandparent multiple entry visitors visa policy, you must agree to provide accommodation and airfares, or you will not be an eligible sponsor.
C1 Do you agree to provide accommodation for the visitor(s) while they are in New Zealand? Yes
Provide details of the property where they will stay in New Zealand
No Go to
C3
Address
I have attached evidence that I own or hold a rental agreement on the property named at C3 Do you agree to provide the cost of return airfares for the visitor(s), if necessary? Yes You must attach evidence that you have adequate funds to cover return airfares. No
Section D
Financial support
Note: if you are sponsoring a visitor(s) under the parent and grandparent multiple entry visitors visa policy, you must agree to provide financial support, or you will not be an eligible sponsor.
D1 Do you agree to provide the visitor(s) with full financial support (including the costs of any health care) while they are in New Zealand? Yes No Go to Section F: Sponsors declaration. D2 Have you attached bank statements/wage slips from the last three months, or letters from your employer as evidence? Yes Go to
D3
No You will need to ask your bank to complete Section E: Bank confirmation. Go to
D3
D3 Please tick one of the options below. I am providing accommodation for the visitor(s), or their accommodation has been prepaid. I agree and undertake to make available a minimum of NZ$400.00 per month for each person I am sponsoring. I am not providing accommodation for the visitor(s), and their accommodation has not been prepaid. I agree and undertake to make available a minimum of NZ$1,000 per month for each person I am sponsoring.
Section E
Bank confirmation
The sponsors bank must complete this section, if the sponsor has not provided bank statements/wage slips/letter from employer.
Name of bank Branch
This bank confirms that the person providing this financial undertaking has an account with this bank and has sufficient funds as at the date of the signature below to make available the amount of (tick one of the options): NZ$400 per month for NZ$1,000 per month person(s) specified in this form.
The bank accepts no obligation or liability in respect of these funds. Signature of bank officer
Date
Section F
I, name
Sponsors declaration
solemnly and sincerely declare that the information supplied on this form and in the attachments is true and correct, and that I will honour the obligations made in respect of the person(s) I have agreed to support in this form. I understand that if I fail to meet any obligation undertaken, I will be liable under Section 28(2) of the Immigration Act 1987 to pay the Crown all costs and expenses incurred in respect of that failure. I understand that if I have received immigration advice from an immigration adviser and if that immigration adviser is not licensed under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 when they should be, INZ will return my application. I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957. Signature Declared at (place)
this
date
day of
month
20
year Official stamp or seal
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Section G
This section must be completed by the sponsors immigration adviser. If the sponsor does not have an immigration adviser, this section does not have to be completed. G1 Have you been lawfully present in New Zealand for more than 183 days in the last 12 months? G2 Tick the one option that applies to you. I am a licensed immigration adviser under the New Zealand Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007. Go to I am exempt from licensing under the New Zealand Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007. Go to I am an unlicensed immigration adviser. Go to Section H: Declaration by person assisting the sponsor.
If you are unlicensed when you should be licensed under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, Immigration New Zealand will return your clients application. It is an offence to provide immigration advice without holding a licence, unless you are exempt. G4 G3
Yes
No
G3 Licensed advisers. Please provide your licence details. Licence type full provisional
Licence number 2 0
G4 Exempt from licensing. Tick one box below to show why you are exempt from licensing. I provided immigration advice in an informal or family context only, and I did not provide the advice systematically or for a fee. I am a New Zealand member of Parliament or member of their staff and I provided immigration advice as part of my employment agreement. I am a foreign diplomat or consular staff. I am an employee of the New Zealand public service and I provided immigration advice within the scope of my employment agreement. I am a lawyer and I hold a current practising certificate as a barrister or as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. I am employed by, or I am working as a volunteer for, a New Zealand community law centre where at least one lawyer is on the employing body of the community law centre or is employed by or working as a volunteer for the community law centre in a supervisory capacity. I am employed by, or I am working as a volunteer for, a New Zealand citizens advice bureau. I provided immigration advice offshore in relation to applications or potential applications for student visas or student permits only.
Go to Section H: Declaration by person assisting the sponsor.
Section H
This section must be completed and signed by the sponsors immigration adviser, or by any person who has assisted the sponsor by providing immigration advice, explaining, translating, or filling in the form for the sponsor. If the sponsor does not have an immigration adviser, and no one helped the sponsor to fill in this form, this section does not have to be completed.
If you are unlicensed when you should be licensed under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, Immigration New Zealand will return your clients application. It is an offence to provide immigration advice without holding a licence. For more information, go to the Immigration Advisers Authority website www.iaa.govt.nz, or email [email protected] or write to them at PO Box 6222, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141, New Zealand.
B9 , or
as below.
Telephone (evening)
I understand that after the sponsor has signed this form it is an offence to change or add further information, change any documents attached to the form, or attach any further documents to the form. I note that the maximum penalty for this offence is a fine of up to NZ$100,000 and/or a term of imprisonment of up to seven years. However, if changes are needed, the person making the changes must state on the form what information or documents have been changed and give reasons for the changes. I certify that the sponsor asked me to help them complete this form and any additional forms. I certify that the sponsor agreed that the information provided was correct before signing the declaration. I have assisted the sponsor as an interpreter/translator I have assisted the sponsor with filling in the form I have assisted the sponsor in another way. Please specify I have provided immigration advice (as defined in the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007) and my details in Section G: Immigration advisers details are correct. Signature of person assisting Date
D D M M Y Y Y Y
This form has been approved under section 132(1) of the Immigration Act 1987
MARCH 2009
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