Hi Fisheress,

Are you hoping to sponsor your parents yourself or will your brother, who has already been in NZ several years, be doing it? I ask this as I believe you have to have PR for 3 years before sponsoring family members. As for the ballot system for the Family Quota, I think it is only once a year and, for some, reason, it hasn't taken place this year which isn't a good sign. I have it in the deepest recesses of my murky mind that the draw takes place in June sometime, but I may be wrong. I would be interested to see how you get on as we are hoping to be sponsored by my son, the notorious Taffy himself, or perhaps we could have a stab at the ballot if and when it happens. Taffy hasn't yet got PR so we are estimating a long wait ahead of us and who knows what will happen in the meantime with the election looming in NZ. :icon_rolleyes:

Good luck, anyway.