There have been a couple of high-profile cases of this. A prestigious mathematician had lived in New Zealand for four years, but his autistic son was declined r

There have been a couple of high-profile cases of this. A prestigious mathematician had lived in New Zealand for four years, but his autistic son was declined residency, so he and his family left: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/prestigious-academic-to-quit-new-zealand-after-autistic-son-refused-residency https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/prestigious-ac... A woman in a wheelchair was declined residency due to her paralysis, despite working and having family in New Zealand: http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11582384 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=...