A sponsor’s grandparent and their partner will be considered as parents under Parent policy if both the sponsor’s parents are deceased. Only one grandparent and their partner may be sponsored under Parent policy.
In the context of Parent policy, where the principal applicant is a grandparent, children of the principal applicant and the principal applicant’s family can include:
- the New Zealand citizen or resident sponsor
- all biological and adopted children of the principal applicant
- any child of the principal applicant’s partner (whether or not the partner is included in the application) if that child has lived as part of the principal applicant’s family unit for a predominant period of the child’s life between the time of their relationship with the principal applicant began and when the child turned 17 years of age.
A sponsor’s legal guardian and their partner will be considered as parent(s) under Parent policy if:
- both the sponsor’s parents died before the sponsor attained the age of 20 years;
and
- the legal guardian had custody of the sponsor and the right to control the sponsor’s upbringing before the sponsor attained the age of 20 years.
In the context of Parent policy, where the principal applicant is a legal guardian, children of the principal applicant and the principal applicant’s family can include:
- the New Zealand citizen or resident sponsor
- all biological and adopted children of the principal applicant
- any children for whom they were or are legal guardians
- any child of the principal applicant’s partner (whether or not the partner is included in the application) if that child has lived as part of the principal applicant’s family unit for a predominant period of the child’s life between the time of their relationship with the principal applicant began and when the child turned 17 years of age.