Business Investor Visa Information

*  special conditions apply to all forms of property development to qualify as an acceptable immigration investment – take advice from a specialist licensed immigration adviser

** to secure a reduction in the number of days to be physically present in New Zealand under the Balanced category requires additional funds to be invested over and above NZD 10 million. The additional funds must be placed into approved managed funds or direct investments under the Growth category. Example – minimum 105 days spent in New Zealand reduces to 91 days, provided a total of NZD 11 million is invested (minimum $10 million into any of the Balanced investments plus a minimum of $1 million into Growth investments).

*** “approval in principle” is issued in writing by Immigration NZ when the Active Investor Plus Visa application has been fully assessed and cleared to proceed to the next phase which is the transfer and investment of the nominated funds. Take advice from a specialist licensed immigration adviser about this critical step. Frequently problems occur due to a misunderstanding the precise nature of the transfer and investment requirements.

The Active Investor Plus Visa residence application

The journey for an individual or family applying for the Active Investor Plus Visa typically looks like this.

• Establish eligibility to make sure you qualify for residence. If you are ready to move ahead, connect with the specialist Investor Visa team at New Zealand Immigration Partners.
• ‍Gather specific documents required for the Active Investor Plus Visa. Documentation must be 100% correct to achieve a successful outcome (approval).
• Lodge an Active Investor Plus Visa application with Immigration NZ.
• Assuming no problems with any aspect of the application, Immigration NZ issues a letter called “Approval in Principle”.
• From the date of the approval in principle letter, you have 6 months to transfer the nominated investment funds to New Zealand and fully invest these funds into acceptable Growth or Balanced investments. In limited circumstances, a one-off 6-month extension to the transfer and investment deadline is available. Immigration NZ policy limits completion of this step to 12 months maximum.”
• Once Immigration NZ has cleared the transfer and investment, they will issue resident visas. Each family member included in the application must activate their own visa; they will need to arrive in New Zealand within 12 months of the date visas were issued. A resident visa allows a person to live, work, study and reside permanently in New Zealand.
• Immigration NZ conducts audits of the investment funds at 24 and 36 months intervals for the Growth category and at 24 and 60 months for the Balanced category.
• When the 3 or 5-year investment term is complete, and Immigration NZ verifies that all other requirements are met, the Resident Visas convert (on application) to Permanent Resident Visas.  Permanent Resident Visas are valid for life.
• With a Permanent Resident Visa, you may become eligible for New Zealand citizenship.  For more information on citizenship, read here.
  

Processing times

The processing timeframes for an Active Investor Plus Visa application will vary based on a number of factors including the available human resources at Immigration NZ. Typically, timeframes (always subject to change) are:

• 4 to 12 weeks to gather the documents required to lodge the application. This is a crucial step, and must be 100% right to avoid problems.
• 3 to 6 months for the application to be assessed and decided by Immigration NZ.
• 12 months maximum to transfer and invest funds. This is a crucial step that is often misunderstood and mismanaged
• Immigration NZ audits of investment funds takes around 4 to 8 weeks to complete.
• Permanent Resident Visa applications at the end of the investment term take on average 1 to 3 weeks to process.  
  

How New Zealand Immigration Partners can help you

We have the largest and most experienced team of Licensed Immigration Advisers in New Zealand. In business for 40 years, our firm has a strong reputation in the immigration industry for success and delivering quality service.

Our specialist team are trained, experienced and focused on the Active Investor Plus Visa. We deliver high net worth clients a boutique service offering. Daniel Thomson, Director of Client Services, is a preeminent leader in this specialist immigration area.  He and his team have a proven track record of successfully managing and navigating clients through the Active Investor Plus Visa proces

We assess your eligibility, answer questions and introduce you to a range of leading experts who can help you identify acceptable immigration investments.

We do not over promise or under deliver. The team will walk alongside with you on this journey that will last at least 3 years (Growth) or 5 years (Balanced) right through to qualifying for Permanent Residence Visas.

We deliver value for money. We do not quote low fees and then later surprise clients with additional or hidden costs because things took longer than was expected.

We keep it simple while others make it complex.

We do not try to be all things to all people. Our clients enjoy the fact we stick to immigration and surround ourselves with highly regarded professionals with strong reputations in providing advice on tax, banking, acceptable immigration investments, wealth managers, property experts, relocation professionals and so much more.

We are happy to introduce you some of our migrant investor clients for an independent reference of the work we do. They will provide you with extra peace of mind that you are making the right choice by engaging New Zealand Immigration Partners.

Connect with our specialist team today