Dependent Children and Young Adult

If you are already a citizen or resident of New Zealand and wish to gain visas and/or residency for your children, you must be abiding permanently and lawfully in New Zealand, and be able to provide proof of your residency status.  The children must meet the same basic health and character requirements that all visa and residency applicants are held to before being allowed to enter the country. They must also be 24 years of age or younger, single, and without any children of their own.  Also, the children must be totally depending  on an adult financially, though that adult does not necessarily have to be a parent.