Eligibility quiz
Do you own at least NZD 5 million in funds or assets that you legally earned or acquired?
Benefits
Benefits for youBenefits for you
Live in New Zealand for life
You can live in New Zealand indefinitely, as long as you keep your status.
Study in New Zealand
You can study anywhere in New Zealand for any length of time.
Work in New Zealand
You can work for any employer in any occupation.
Travel and return
You can leave and return more than once until the travel expiry date shown on your visa.
If your child sponsored you, that period is 10 years from your first day as a resident, or from the visa’s issue if you were already in New Zealand.
Vote in elections
You can enrol and vote if you meet the voting eligibility rules.
Use public healthcare
You are eligible for publicly funded health services.
Access depends on your medical needs and available funding, and you may have to pay part of the cost.
Get social support
Your status can help you qualify for financial support, but each payment has its own rules.
Some payments require two years’ residence; social housing generally needs two continuous years after becoming a resident.
At 65, you may qualify for retirement payments if you normally live in New Zealand and meet the residence-history and other rules.
How to apply
From outside New ZealandFrom outside New Zealand
Find your receiving office
Find the Immigration New Zealand office or visa application centre responsible for the place where you live.
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Get the application form
Get the Active Investor Plus Visa application form from Immigration New Zealand.
Get the formGather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your application.
See required documentsFill in the form
Complete the form, choose Growth or Balanced, and include your family members as directed. Sign it as directed.
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Send form details online
If the form asks you to, create or sign in to your Immigration Online account, upload the permitted files and send the form details online. This does not submit your visa application.
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Book an appointment
If your receiving office is a visa application centre, book an appointment and follow its instructions for handing in your application.
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Hand in your application
Hand in or mail the completed paper application, passport copies and evidence to your responsible office or visa application centre, following its instructions. Pay the fee as directed by the form or receiving office.
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Wait for initial approval
Follow your application’s progress in your online account. Answer any questions from Immigration New Zealand and provide further records, originals or an interview if requested.
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Transfer and invest funds
After approval in principle, transfer and invest the approved funds within six months using the international banking system. Invest in New Zealand dollars in investments allowed for your chosen category.
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Send investment evidence
Email evidence of your investment to InvestorFundsQueries@mbie.govt.nz as instructed.
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Wait for your visa
Wait for Immigration New Zealand’s final decision and respond if it asks for more information or evidence.
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Once in New ZealandOnce in New Zealand
Keep your investment
After you arrive in New Zealand, keep your money in allowed investments for 36 months under Growth or 60 months under Balanced. Meet your category’s time-in-New-Zealand requirement and your visa’s travel and other conditions, and send any evidence Immigration New Zealand requests.
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Documents needed
Family certificates and recordsFamily certificates and records
Child custody records *
Provide evidence of custody for each included child who needs it. Follow the application form's instructions for the records to provide.
* Only if you include a dependent child and custody evidence is required.
May need translationPartner relationship records *
Provide evidence of your relationship with your partner and its history. Include the records requested in the application form.
* Only if you include your partner.
May need translationChild relationship records *
Provide proof of your relationship to each dependent child included in your application. Get birth, adoption or equivalent records from the office that issued them.
* Only if you include a dependent child.
May need translationConsiderations
Things to think aboutThings to think about
Investment and presence
Keep at least NZD 5 million invested in qualifying investments for 36 months in Growth, or NZD 10 million for 60 months in Balanced.
Provide proof at 24 and 36 months for Growth, or 24 and 60 months for Balanced.
Spend 21 days in New Zealand for Growth or 105 for Balanced; Growth can drop by 14 days per extra NZD 1 million in qualifying Growth investments, up to 42 days.
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