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thanks for that. Appreciate the help.

she don't qualify for those 2 dates so we only qualify for the 5 years thing. ugh.

I did some further reading and i think that 10 months in NZ meant the 5 years started again in july 2017 ffs!! GRR.

evening all...

doing some digging on getting perm' res' in aus after almost 10 years on 461 visas (uk passport / nz wife)

noticed there's a partner of eligible NZ citizen 820 (temp) and 801 (perm) - the 801 says i might need an 820 first!? seems mad. but is that gospel? anyone done that? or gone straight for an 801?

Or

is it best to my wife to apply for the 189 perm' res' for nz citizens!? (we've been here almost 10 years but we had 11 months back in nz between aug 2016 / july 2017) does that means her 5 years to apply for perm res' restarts in july 2017??

THANK in advance for help/advice.