Global Impact Permanent Residence Visa

A Global Impact Permanent Residence Visa lets you stay in New Zealand indefinitely.

Check if you are eligible to apply for this visa and what supporting documents and information you need to provide.

Identity

As proof of your identity, you must provide:

• 2 acceptable photos of your head and shoulders
• your passport or

Visa and NZeTA photos

You may provide your original passport, or a certified copy when you submit your application. If you provide a certified copy, we may request your original passport to complete your application.

Health

You must be in good health.

You must have a chest X-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.

How to get an X-ray or medical examination

Character

You must be of good character.

You may need to provide police certificates as proof of your good character.

Character requirements for New Zealand visas

How to get a police certificate

Visa status

You must have a valid Global Impact Work Visa, and have had it for at least 30 months.

Ongoing support

You need to show that you have the support of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.

You must be able to provide evidence that:

• you are a current member of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, and
• the Fellowship supports your application for residence.

These are the conditions that you must meet once you have your visa. Your visa conditions are recorded in your eVisa.

Keep your visa in a valid passport

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.

Transferring a visa to a new passport