Do you need to purchase a New Zealand enterprise?
From 24 November 2025, the Enterprise Funding Visa classes opened for these with a enterprise background who want to put money into New Zealand. The work visa may be legitimate for as much as 4 years, and residence may be utilized for throughout that interval. Buyers can embody dependent members of the family of their software.
This class has 2 funding choices:
- Make investments $1 million NZD (roughly $575,000 USD) for a 3-year work-to-residence pathway; or
- Make investments $2 million NZD (roughly $1,146,000 USD) for a fast-track pathway to residence after 12 months.
Buyers can both purchase a worthwhile current New Zealand enterprise or purchase a minimal of 25% of the enterprise. This doesn’t embody start-ups and should additionally meet the opposite funding thresholds for both visa pathway.
To be eligible:
- Buyers should buy no less than 25% of fairness within the enterprise.
- The prevailing enterprise should be working in New Zealand and make use of no less than 5 full-time workers (excluding the homeowners).
- The prevailing enterprise will need to have been working for no less than the final 5 years previous to the visa software being made.
- The enterprise can’t be owned by the applicant or by a dependent member of the family included within the software.
- Buyers will need to have no less than $500,000 NZD (roughly $286,500 USD) in reserve funds to assist themselves and their household.
- Create no less than 1 further employment for a New Zealand resident or citizen within the enterprise.
- Has not been concerned in any chapter or enterprise failure inside the final 5 years previous to their software.
- Buyers will need to have earlier enterprise expertise.
- Buyers should meet the common well being and character necessities for residence-class visas.
- Full due diligence into the chosen enterprise.
- The principal applicant should be 55 years or youthful once they apply.
- There are English language necessities to be met, until buyers are from Australia, Canada, the US or the UK.
Some companies are excluded and can’t be eligible for investments
Some essential exclusions embody:
- Drop-shipping.
- Playing
- Labour Rent.
- Grownup leisure.
- Manufacturing of tobacco or different nicotine-based merchandise (together with vaping).
- Companies that supply immigration recommendation.
- Dwelling-based companies which are working from a residential handle.
- Comfort shops (e.g. nook shops and dairies).
- Low cost/worth shops (e.g. NZD $2 retailers).
- Quick meals shops.
- Franchised companies.
If you want additional details about this visa, please contact Richard Small and our pleasant staff.
