The New Zealand Visitor visa allows people to enter New Zealand for range of recognized purposes, including travel and tourism, to receive medical treatment, and for some business purposes; such as attending meetings, conferences, and business negotiations. This visa usually grants entry for a period of 3 months, but can be extended for a period of 9 months in some special circumstances. The applicant must prove the clear genuine purpose for the visit and fulfil necessary requirement for this temporary visa status;

• Valid passport or travel documents
• Health and Character requirements
• Financial Requirements and Security bond
• Obtaining comprehensive Health Insurance
• Intend to engage relevant activities in the Tourist stream
• Applying from outside New Zealand

New Zealand Business and investor visas category is specially focused on New Zealand’s economical requirements and allowing foreign business and investor community to live in New Zealand permanently. This visa allows non-nationals to start a business or buy a business or setting up own business in New Zealand and invest in NZ. Hospitality, retail, motor vehicle, agricultural products, storage and livestock, construction, telecommunication are few of leading businesses in New Zealand. This visa type is mandatorily under the point-based system and the applicant needs to obtain sufficient points under different criteria. Minimum revenue, total asset value, years of business experience, business history, Age and academic qualification of the main applicant, English language ability and investment capacity can be recognized as preliminary requirements. The applicant is allowed to remain and develop the business within maximum 4 years and then proceed the process of permanent residency visa.

New Zealand government has introduced point-based migration system for highly-skilled migrants and allowed them to obtain New Zealand Permanent Residency. To live and work in the country, non-national immigrants need to apply for a New Zealand Skilled Migrant visa. This visa allows to bring applicants partner and dependent children under 18 years in resident application. To be eligible for this visa category certain recognized criteria must be satisfied.

Points are awarded for Age, skilled employment, skilled work experience, relative in NZ, academic qualification, NZ academic qualification, valid job offer. Applicants must be between 18 and 56; age of 20-39 applicants will get maximum points. Applicants should be recognized under Skilled occupation list pronounced by the immigration authority of NZ. Valid job offers under long-term and skilled shortage occupation lists, New Zealand educational credentials, work experience and qualifications from identified future growth areas and absolute skill shortage area, partner’s educational qualification can offer additional points. All applicants are required to satisfy English language ability around 6.5 general module and obtain character and health clearance.

160 total points or above are only being selected from the pool and eligible for invitation for apply (ITA) successfully. ITA will offer opportunity to apply to live and work in New Zealand indefinitely.

This visa relies on the marriage or de-facto relationship between non-national applicants and New Zealand citizens or residents on their relationship. This visa allows you to apply live in NZ permanently, if you are granted residence you can live, work and study in NZ indefinite and also you can include your dependent children who under age of 24 and unmarried. To prove your eligibility your partner and you have to meet certain criteria;