Oh , I haven ' t forgotten . <| sep |> Wait why would cold brew be a craze ? Ice coffee is freaking awesome and if they do it right its got this awesome silky texture . <| sep |> Your primary source of information should be this official website . Pretty well written , a lot of different cases . If only all countries had it as informative as NZ . It looks like her ducks are mostly in a row then . She ' d need the temporary visa first so that she could qualify as living with her partner . Then once she has that she would qualify for a permanent residency visa . you need a lot of documents from your home country for a marriage , and marriages have to be planned up to a year in advance . If you end up missing one of them , you ' re fucked . Do you know a good source on how to do this ? Everything we ' ve found so far made it look like the marrige was extremely easy to get , and could be done with 3 days notice . What other documentation and notices are needed ? Also the one year visa . not sure which one that would be , it gets a little complicated there and hard to say from the outside . In any case you won ' t or your friend . be able to avoid personal checks from the immigration workers . She was looking at the 1224 month work visa I don ' t know why she isn ' t planning on 24 , haven ' t talked to her about that yet . Which she says doesn ' t require her to have already been living with her partner ? What will the immigration workers be checking for ? she should make sure anyone ' s able to support her long term and obtain skills to get her work especially since the husbandtobe is still in school . She is planning on moving into a 3 income her , her partner , and one other person household that is already functioning well enough that she could be supported , and the income will increase significantly when her partner completes school . Will immigration have a sayso on what income counts as being capable of supporting her , or so long as they can make it through without being on welfare is that going to be their own call ? Thanks for your help !