Applications are now open for the Parent Boost Visitor Visa, which will allow parents of New Zealand citizens and residents to come and visit their children for up to five years, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says.
"Parent Boost allows parents multi-entry access for up to five years, as long as they meet specific health, financial, and insurance requirements.
"This new visa is in addition to our existing general visitor visa and Parent and Grandparent visitor visa and has been designed to carefully balance the desires of some New Zealanders with parents overseas for a longer-term visitor visa while also protecting our public services, particularly our health system.
"This is joined by our recent announcements, such as new smart skilled migrant residency pathways, to help bring in the skills we need where we have shortages domestically.
"This is all part of our work to attract talent, support businesses, and boost the economy.
"We know that a longer-term visitor visa for parents is an important consideration for migrants who are deciding where they want to build their lives, and I'm pleased that we can support that, to the benefit of those families and New Zealand
"Whether it be welcoming a new child, additional support during health challenges or providing childcare so parents can work, there is nothing quite like having family support close by.
"We are proud to deliver this coalition agreement between National and ACT, which will make the New Zealand proposition more appealing and more competitive
"We remain committed to delivering an efficient and predictable immigration system that drives economic growth to take New Zealand forward."
