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New Zealand Partner Visa
How We Help
New Zealand Partner Visa
for Thai Citizens
New Zealand partnership applications depend on the couple's genuine relationship, their living arrangements and the immigration status and circumstances of the supporting partner. Lawyers for Expats Thailand helps couples organise the relationship, civil and supporting documents needed for the appropriate partnership application within the firm's verified service scope.
How We Help
What we do when you apply
A partnership case is prepared around your relationship and circumstances, not a template. Here is what happens from the first call through to the decision.
1
Understand Your Relationship
We start by understanding your relationship history, whether you are living together, your current circumstances and what you hope to achieve in New Zealand.
2
Establish the Relevant Partnership Route
We identify the partnership pathway that appears relevant to the circumstances before documents are prepared, rather than treating every couple as though they use the same application.
3
Organise the Relationship and Supporting Evidence
We bring together the genuine relationship, cohabitation, civil and supporting documents relevant to the application.
4
Prepare the Application Within the Appropriate Scope
Where the matter falls within services the firm can properly provide, we organise and prepare the application documentation and support the couple through the relevant document stages. Immigration New Zealand makes the visa or residence decision, not Lawyers for Expats Thailand.
What We Do For Our Clients
The full scope of what we handle
A partnership case touches the relationship, the correct pathway and the supporting partner's circumstances together. Here is the actual scope of what our team handles.
Understanding the Relationship
Immigration New Zealand partnership applications are based on the actual relationship. Relevant circumstances can include how the couple met, relationship history, time spent together, current living arrangements, previous periods living together, family involvement, shared responsibilities and future plans.
Q
Do we have to be legally married to apply based on our relationship?
Not necessarily. Immigration New Zealand recognises qualifying partnerships that can include legal marriage, civil union and de facto relationships. What matters is that the relationship meets the requirements of the particular partnership pathway, including the genuine and stable relationship and living-together requirements that apply.
Evidence That You Are Living Together
Immigration New Zealand specifically looks for evidence that partners are living together in a genuine and stable relationship. Depending on circumstances, evidence may include shared address evidence, tenancy or housing records, household correspondence, joint finances, shared bills, official correspondence, travel or history showing periods together, and other genuine cohabitation evidence.
Q
Does Immigration New Zealand require couples to live together?
Partnership-based applications require evidence that the couple are living together in a genuine and stable relationship. The precise requirements, including how long the couple must have lived together for some pathways, depend on the particular visa or residence category.
Identifying the Correct Partnership Pathway
There are different partnership routes. Depending on circumstances, these can include partnership-based visitor status, partnership-based work status and partnership-based residence. The partner's own New Zealand status matters in determining which route is relevant. For example, the Partner of a New Zealander Resident Visa currently requires the applicant to have been living with their qualifying New Zealand citizen or resident partner in a genuine and stable relationship for at least 12 months when applying — a requirement specific to that residence category rather than a rule applying to every partnership pathway.
Q
Is there one New Zealand Partner Visa that applies to every couple?
No. New Zealand has different partnership-based visa and residence pathways. The relevant route depends on the couple's circumstances, the supporting partner's status and whether the proposed stay is temporary or permanent.
Preparing Relationship and Civil Documents
Depending on the case, relevant documents may involve passports and identity documents, marriage certificate where applicable, divorce documentation where relevant, name-change documents, Thai civil records, relationship evidence, cohabitation evidence, evidence relating to the supporting partner, and other application-specific documents. Translations may be required where applicable.
Preparing Evidence From the Supporting Partner
The supporting partner's circumstances can be important. Depending on the route, this may involve evidence relating to identity, citizenship or immigration status, residence circumstances, relationship with the applicant, living arrangements, support for the application, and other pathway-specific evidence.
Q
Does my partner's New Zealand immigration status affect which route applies?
Yes. The status and circumstances of the supporting partner can affect which partnership pathway is available. The couple's actual circumstances need to be established before the application route is selected.
Preparing and Supporting the Application
We help with relationship circumstances, pathway identification, relationship chronology, cohabitation evidence, supporting-partner evidence, Thai civil documents, application information, consistency checks, supporting-document organisation, further-document requests where appropriate, and support through the relevant application stages.
Q
Who decides whether my New Zealand Partner Visa is approved?
Immigration New Zealand makes the visa or residence decision. Lawyers for Expats Thailand helps organise and prepare documentation within its verified scope but does not control or guarantee the outcome.
Our Commitment To You
What you can hold us to
Your Genuine Relationship Comes First
We organise the case around the real history, living arrangements and circumstances of the couple rather than treating every partnership as identical.
The Partnership Route Is Established Before Preparation
We distinguish between the different partnership pathways before organising the application documents.
Relationship Evidence Brought Together Clearly
We organise the relationship, cohabitation, civil and supporting documents so the couple's circumstances are presented consistently.
Clear Support Without False Promises
We support documentation and preparation within the firm's verified scope while remaining clear that Immigration New Zealand makes the decision.
Who You'll Work With
Real people, not a case number
Kanokpich Ukritdutsadee (Lawyer Pook)
Managing Director & Lead Barrister
Leads the preparation of New Zealand partnership applications for Thai clients, personally responsible for ensuring the relationship and supporting evidence presented reflects the couple's genuine circumstances.
Brian Ramsden
General Manager of Foreign Affairs
Your first point of contact. Brian coordinates the initial gathering of relationship, living-arrangement and supporting-partner information, and stays as your liaison as the documentation is organised.
Related Resources
More on visas abroad for Thai citizens
For the other New Zealand visa services we handle, or other destinations we assist Thai citizens travelling to, see the pages below.
New Zealand Visas for Thai Citizens
→Visitor visas, work visas, student visas, family visas and visa refusals for travel to New Zealand
New Zealand Visitor Visa for Thai Citizens
→Application preparation for Thai citizens travelling to New Zealand for tourism or family visits
Visas Abroad for Thai Citizens
→Visa application support for Thai citizens travelling to the UK, Europe, Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and more
Lawyers for Expats Thailand, 2026. The content of this page is general legal information and does not constitute legal advice for any specific matter. Please contact us for advice on your individual circumstances.