Note:  In March 2014 a new business category will be announced with a number of changes from previous business migration policies to encourage high caliber migrants.   

The previous “Long Term Business Visa” will be replaced with the “Entrepreneur Work Visa” and will be a point based system with points allocated for skills, experience, investment funds etc.    It will require minimum capital investment of NZ$100,000 to ensure high growth and innovative businesses can be created, with strong export potential.   

Full details of this new category will be posted to this page as soon as they become available.