Dependent Child Resident Visa
🇳🇿 New Zealand visas · Family
What it is
For NZ citizens or residents to bring dependent children to live permanently in New Zealand. Child must be aged 24 or younger, single, and financially dependent on the parent.
Key facts
- Category
- Family
- Duration
- Indefinite (travel conditions expire after 2 years)
- Processing time
- Up to 30 weeks
- Extendable
- No
- Path to permanent residence
- Direct route
- Age
- Under 25
- How to apply
- Online
- Health insurance
- Not required
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee
- NZD 3,230
Key requirements
- Parent is a NZ citizen or resident living in NZ
- Child aged 24 or younger
- Child is single and financially dependent
- Legal right to remove child from their home country
- Good health (medical exam required; chest X-ray if aged 11+)
- Good character (police certificates if aged 17+)
- English language proficiency for children aged 16+ (certain residence categories)
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 26 July 2026.