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Entertainers Work Visa

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

The route covers work on a film, video or production in New Zealand where the applicant has specific skills that cannot be met by New Zealand's entertainment industry; the applicant must be coming to work in the entertainment, music, film or television industries for a limited time.

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What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The applicant needs an offer of work in New Zealand's entertainment industry from a promoter, producer or production company.

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What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

An offer of employment for entertainment work from a promoter, producer or production company that sets out the time needed in New Zealand, includes a schedule describing the work, and agrees to cover living, accommodation and return-home costs; the employer must also provide a written employment agreement.

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Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The holder can work only on the production and for the employer specified in the application. The employer agrees to cover living, accommodation and return-home costs.

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  • The checked route page does not resolve every condition and exception within this question.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

Stay is for the time needed to do the work plus a short return-home period; partners and dependent children need their own visas. The official source does not state whether the visa can be extended or the employer changed.

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  • The checked route page does not resolve every condition and exception within this question.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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