The Government has announced that it will implement a one-off increase in the Parent Category quota so as to enable those applications that have been approved in principle to be issued this financial year.
INZ can grant 2,500 Parent Category Resident Visas each financial year. This currently consists of 2,000 visas to people who made ‘queue’ applications and 500 to people who made ‘ballot’ applications.
INZ has approved in principle more Parent Category Resident Visas to people who made queue applications than they are normally allowed to grant this financial year (until 30 June 2025). The Minister of Immigration has agreed to a one-off increase for this financial year to allow INZ to issue visas to an additional 331 people who have been approved in principle.
INZ will contact those people, or their advisers, directly to confirm they are happy for us to issue their visas under the new instructions.
INZ will continue issuing visas from the ballot this financial year until 500 have been issued.
The annual Parent Category Resident Visa quota will remain at 2,500 for the next financial year, covering both queue and ballot applications.
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