Cómo obtener la ciudadanía de Nueva Zelanda

Ascendencia (nacidos en el país)

Person is born in NZ after 1 January 2006 and at least one of his/her parents was a citizen.

Ascendencia (nacidos en el extranjero)

Person is born outside NZ on/after 1 January 1978 to a parent who is citizen otherwise than by descent, or the parent is a citizen by descent and the person would otherwise be stateless. Person is born abroad, may be a citizen by descent, is 16 years or over and satisfies the requirements in NZL 8(1) and NZL 8(2). Person is born abroad to a citizen by descent. Citizenship may be granted by the Minister in special cases. Person was born abroad before 1 January 1978 to a mother was a citizen otherwise than by descent; Person is born abroad to a citizen who is the head of a mission, an employee of the State services or Armed Forces, a person working overseas for the public service of Niue, Tokelau or the Cook Islands, an officer or employee of NZ Trade and Enterprise, or an officer/employee of the NZ Tourism Board. Person would have been born in Tokelau but was born in Samoa because of a medical necessity and at the time of his/her birth s/he would have been a citizen if born in Tokelau. Person was born abroad on/after 1 January 1949 but before 1 January 1978 to a father who was a citizen or, if the person was born after 1970, to a mother who was a citizen.

Person is born in NZ after 1 January 2006 and at least one of his/her parents was entitled under the Immigration Act 2009 to be in NZ indefinitely, or one of his/her parents was entitled to reside indefinitely in the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau. Acquisition is automatic if person was born in NZ after 1 January 1949 and before 1 January 2006.

Person lost citizenship through renunciation. S/he may regain citizenship only by way of grant under NZL 8, 8A or 9.

Person is a citizen of Western Samoa who was in NZ on 14 September 1982 and who was entitled to be in NZ indefinitely.

Niños expósitos

Person is deemed to be a citizen by birth if s/he, having recently been born, was found abandoned in New Zealand investigations failed to establish the identity of at least one of the parents.

Apátridas de otro modo (nacidos en el país)

Person is deemed a citizen by birth if born in New Zealand on or after 1 January 1978 and the person would otherwise be stateless.

Apátridas

Person would otherwise be stateless. In making the decision the Minister may have regard to requirements set out in NZL 8(2) and must have regard to whether the person has any disqualifying convictions pursuant to NZL 9A.

Person is someone whose acquisition of citizenship would be in the public interest because of exceptional circumstances of a humanitarian nature or other nature related to the person.

Person intends to enter into or continue in Crown service under the New Zealand government, or service under an international organisation of which the NZ government is a member and the person meets the other criteria in NZL 8(1) and 8(2).