BN6.5 Funds and/or assets earned or acquired legally

1. Funds and/or assets must be earned or acquired in accordance with the laws of the country in which they were earned or acquired, including any currency exchange of the nominated funds and/or assets.
2. Where nominated funds and/or assets have been gifted to the principal applicant, a business immigration specialist must be satisfied that the funds and/or assets being gifted were earned lawfully by the person/s gifting the funds and/or assets.
3. Nominated funds and/or assets that are or were in New Zealand cannot be gifted under these instructions.
4. Business immigration specialists may decline an application if they are satisfied that, had the funds and/or assets been earned or acquired in the same manner in New Zealand, they would have been earned or acquired contrary to the criminal law of New Zealand.

Effective 19/09/2022