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Specific Purpose Work Visa — investigating investment opportunities

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

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What investment option or options qualify?

This work visa is not itself an investment category: it is for principal applicants who have applied for residence, are investigating investment opportunities and making direct investments in New Zealand, and have received approval in principle under the Investor 1 Resident Visa, Investor 2 Resident Visa, Parent Retirement Resident Visa or Active Investor Plus Visa.

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Limits of the record
  • The qualifying investment options themselves are defined under the named residence categories, not on this page.
  • https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/specific-purpose-work-visa/
    You can apply if you are: a principal applicant who has applied for residence investigating investment opportunities in New Zealand, and making direct investments in New Zealand. You must have received approval in principle under one of these visa categories: Investor 1 Resident Visa Investor 2 Resident Visa Parent Retirement Resident Visa Active Investor Plus Visa.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the official minimum investment for each option.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how long the investment must be kept and the continuing conditions.

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

Applicants cannot include their partner or dependent children in the visa application, but those family members can apply for their own visas based on their relationship to the applicant.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state which family members can be included for the Specific Purpose Work Visa — investigating investment opportunities route beyond the general exclusion of partner and dependent children from the application.
  • The document does not state any broad residence/work rights resulting for family members.
  • Specific Purpose Work Visa
    You cannot include your partner or dependent children in your visa application, but they can apply for their own visas based on their relationship to you.

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 checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the status obtained, renewal, longer-term direction and what happens to the investment.

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

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