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The route is for a performer or crew member taking part in a short-term live entertainment act.
be a performer or a crew member for a short-term live entertainment act
The live act must be promoted by an organisation on Immigration New Zealand's Approved Promoters List.
take part in a short-term live entertainment act promoted by a promoter on Immigration New Zealand's Approved Promoters List
The applicant must provide a letter from an Immigration New Zealand approved promoter stating their name, the name of the performance, their role in it, and the dates or duration of the performance(s) or the time they need to be in New Zealand with the act.
You must provide a letter from an Immigration New Zealand approved promoter that includes: your name the name of the performance your role in the performance the dates or duration of the performance(s), or the length of time you will need to be in New Zealand with the act.
The holder can take part in the entertainment event they came for and work remotely for an employer or client based outside New Zealand, but cannot do any other work; a musician receiving 'gain or reward' (such as payment, board and lodgings, or transport) for a gig not organised by an INZ-approved promoter needs a work visa instead. The official source does not state whether performers in an approved-promoter act may receive a fee, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement.
You can take part in the entertainment event you have come to New Zealand for. You can also work remotely for an employer or client based outside New Zealand.
You cannot do any other work.
If you are a musician performing at a gig not organised by an Immigration New Zealand approved promoter and are receiving 'gain or reward', for example, payment, board and lodgings, or other goods and services, such as transport, you will need a work visa.
The stay is as needed for the event and the holder must leave before the visa expires; a partner and dependent children aged 19 and younger may be included; anyone not taking part in an act organised by an INZ-approved promoter must apply for a work visa instead. The official source does not state whether the visa can be extended or the host changed.
Length As needed for the event
include your partner, and dependent children aged 19 and younger, in your visa application.
If you are not taking part in an entertainment act organised by an Immigration New Zealand approved promoter, you must apply for a work visa.
You must leave New Zealand before your visa expires.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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