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Investor 1 Resident Visa

New ZealandInvestment

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

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What investment option or options qualify?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which investment options qualify.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_SUSTENTA: The core claim that qualifying investments are 'acceptable investments' is not in the cited sentence, which only allows transfers between acceptable investments; the page's 'You must invest ... in acceptable investments' line was not cited.)

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

This closed route required an investment of NZD 10 million for at least three years.

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  • This captures only the supported part of the approved question; remaining route-specific details are unresolved.

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

Historical applicants had to maintain NZD 10 million in acceptable investments for at least three years.

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  • This captures only the supported part of the approved question; remaining route-specific details are unresolved.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

The historical visa allowed inclusion of a partner and dependent children aged 24 and younger. The official source does not state their residence or work rights.

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  • This captures only the supported part of the approved question; remaining route-specific details are unresolved.

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

The route is closed to new applicants and was replaced by the Active Investor Plus Visa in September 2022. The official source does not state the renewal, longer-term direction or treatment of the investment for this route.

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  • This captures only the supported part of the approved question; remaining route-specific details are unresolved.

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

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