This visa was allowed people with NZD $10 million to invest in New Zealand to apply for residence. It closed to new applicants on 28 July 2022.
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Check if you are eligible to apply for this visa and what supporting documents and information you need to provide.
If you do not have access to your passport or certificate of identity, provide your original birth certificate or certified copy.
You must have a chest x-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.
If you, or anyone else included in your application, are aged 17 or older you must provide a police certificate from:
Police certificates must be less than 6 months old at the time you apply.
If you provide a police certificate that is not in English, you must provide an English translation.
This includes police certificates that record no convictions.
You must confirm in the application form that you meet fit and proper person requirements.
To be a fit and proper person, all businesses you have influence over must have complied with all immigration, employment and taxation laws. You must also:
We’ll contact you if you need to provide further information.
You must provide evidence:
If your partner or dependent children have, or applied for, a New Zealand temporary entry visa based on their relationship with you, you must include them in your residence application.
The value you can claim for your investment funds, depends if they are owned by you, or jointly by you and another person.
If you own an investment jointly with:
Evidence of your funds may include:
The funds and/or assets you nominate for your investment can’t be borrowed, or have a loan or bond against them.
You must transfer your investment funds to New Zealand.
You must transfer your investment funds directly from your bank account to New Zealand through the banking system.
If we approve your application in principle, you’ll have 12 months from that date to transfer and invest your funds.
Transferring investment funds
You can apply for a temporary visa to come to New Zealand and investigate investment opportunities.
We may give you a further 12 months to transfer and invest your funds.
You’ll need to contact us before the transfer period expires and show you have made reasonable steps to transfer and invest.
Applicants must ensure their funds meet currency exchange and transfer requirements in place in China.
The following organisations have previously demonstrated they have acceptable QDII products:
The evidence you provide will depend on how you came by your funds. It may include:
It’s OK if your investment includes funds that were gifted to you, as long as the gift was unconditional and lawful, and the funds were originally earned or acquired lawfully.
You must provide documents from a trusted professional like a chartered accountant or solicitor that confirm:
If you already have funds invested in an acceptable investment in New Zealand, we can start your investment period from the time we approve your residence application in principle.
Once your funds are invested in New Zealand, it’s OK to transfer funds between acceptable investments.
The information below will help you understand the process, timeframes and costs involved in applying for this visa, so you can plan ahead and have the best chance of submitting a complete application.
Fill in your application form and send it to us with your supporting evidence, application fee, and immigration levy.
If you’d like some help with your application, you can email one of our dedicated Client Managers or get some immigration advice.
Application cost – This is the charge for Immigration New Zealand to process your application. We do not refund application costs if we decline your application. A non-refundable immigration levy is charged and is included in the cost.
If there is anything else you need to do, we will be in touch.
Due to this visa being closed we are no longer providing processing timeframes.
Unless we grant you an extension, you will have 12 months to transfer your funds to New Zealand and invest in an acceptable investment.
You must show that your funds or assets came from the source you named in your application.
You may wish to come to New Zealand to check out investment opportunities before you transfer your funds. You will need to apply for a work or visitor visa to do this.
After we grant your visa, we check in with you to make sure you are meeting the conditions of your visa like keeping your funds invested and spending time in New Zealand.
If you have met all the conditions at the end of your three-year investment, you can apply for a permanent resident visa.
Payment methods and receiving centre details if applicable.
Payment methods
Credit Card
You can pay with Visa or MasterCard. We take payment when we receive your application. You must have enough funds available on the day we receive your application or it may be returned to you.
Debit Card
You can pay by debit card. We take payment when we receive your application. You must have enough funds available on the day we receive your application or it may be returned to you.
Postal address
Immigration New Zealand
PO Box 76895
Manukau City
Auckland 2241
New Zealand
Courier address
Immigration NZ
DX Box: EP71514
20 Fairfax Avenue
Penrose
Auckland 1061
New Zealand
These are the conditions that you must meet once you have your visa.
You must apply for entry permission when you arrive in New Zealand. You can do this by completing a New Zealand traveller declaration (NZTD).
New Zealand Customs and Biosecurity also check that you meet their entry requirements.
You can be refused entry permission if:
You must keep NZD $10 million invested in an acceptable investment in New Zealand for 3 years.
We ask for evidence you have kept your funds invested at the end of the second and third years you are in New Zealand.
You will have 3 months to provide the evidence.
It is OK to transfer funds between acceptable investments.
If you already have funds invested in New Zealand when you apply for residence, we can start your investment period from the time we approve your application in principle.
You must spend 44 days in each of the last two years of your three-year investment period in New Zealand, or, 88 days at any time over the three year investment period if you have invested a minimum of NZ$2.5 million in growth investments.
We’ll ask for evidence that you’ve met this condition at the end of the second and third years you’re in New Zealand.
You’ll have 3 months to provide the evidence.
If your family are included in your resident visa, they’ll need to come to New Zealand within 12 months of their visa being granted.
If your family are unable to come to New Zealand within 12 months, they’ll have to reapply for residence.
You must provide us with your address and other contact details and let us know if these change while you’re in New Zealand.
We’ll need to keep in touch with you to check you’re meeting the conditions of your visa.
If we’re unable to confirm that you’re meeting the conditions, you may not be able to stay in New Zealand.
If you want to travel, your visa must be in a valid passport.
If your passport expires, you must apply to transfer your visa to a new passport before you can travel.
To transfer your visa, you must:
Application for transfer or confirmation of a visa
Application for Transfer or Confirmation of a Visa (INZ 1023) PDF 375KB
You can travel in and out of New Zealand for the first 2 years of your investment period.
If you meet all of the conditions that apply to the first 2 years of your investment period, you can apply for a variation of conditions to allow you to travel in and out of New Zealand for another 2 years.
If at the end of 2 years, you haven’t met all of the conditions that apply, you may have to leave New Zealand.
Your travel conditions will expire after 2 years if you haven’t applied for a variation of conditions.
If you’re outside of New Zealand when your travel conditions expire, your visa will expire as well.
If you’ve met all the conditions at the end of your 3 year investment period, you can apply for a permanent resident visa for you and any family included in your residence application.
If granted, you’ll be able to travel in and out of New Zealand indefinitely, as long as you keep your visa in a valid passport.
If you haven’t met all of the conditions of your visa at the end of the 3 year investment period, you may have to leave New Zealand.