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While New Zealand has no issues with dual citizenship, this may not be the case for your home country.
There are two main pathways to citizenship in New Zealand: citizenship by descent and citizenship by grant. While citizenship by descent is clearly the easier and less costly process, all other routes to citizenship, including through marriage or investment, fall under the citizenship by grant category.
The naturalization period in New Zealand is five years. Any year that you have lived outside of New Zealand for four months or more will not count towards naturalization.
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While becoming a New Zealand citizen is reasonably straightforward, to apply for citizenship, you must first become a resident of New Zealand whilst also meeting specific criteria like time spent in the country, age, language and good character requirements.
From the day you apply for citizenship, you need to have been physically in New Zealand for most of the time over the last five years. The exact requirement is that you have been in New Zealand for at least 240 days in each year, and 1,350 days across the last five years.
From the day you apply for citizenship, you need to have been physically in New Zealand for most of the time over the last five years. The exact requirement is that you have been in New Zealand for at least 240 days in each year, and 1,350 days across the last five years.
Two Passports As a dual citizen, you are allowed to carry passports from both countries. For example, if you are a U.S. citizen and also a citizen of New Zealand, you can travel more easily between these two countries.
To apply for citizenship, you must have been a resident for at least 5 years, and only travelled out of New Zealand for a short amount of time each year. You must therefore have been present in New Zealand with a Resident visa for a total of at least 1,350 days and for at least 240 days in each of those 5 years.

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