{"id":1532,"date":"2024-06-26T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:16:22","slug":"new-zealand-start-up-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/new-zealand-start-up-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Start-Up Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 224px; height: 170px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nz.png\" alt=\"New Zealand Flag\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand offers various visa options for investors. These include:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"list-decimal marker:font-mono marker:text-sm pl-11\">\n<li>Purchasing an existing business<\/li>\n<li>Establishing a new enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Investing in stocks and bonds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For entrepreneurs launching startups, a significant financial investment is required. If your business demonstrates rapid growth potential and can generate employment opportunities for New Zealand citizens, you&#8217;ll likely be eligible for a visa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of visa\/program:<\/strong> Entrepreneur Work Visa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration of visa<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Up to 3 years, includes family<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average duration until acceptance:<\/strong> 87 months<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0 NZD$ 3920 or more<br \/>\n<strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigration.govt.nz\/new-zealand-visas\/visas\/visa\/entrepreneur-work-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Program Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apply if you want to work in your own business in New Zealand. You must have NZD $ 100,000 to invest, a business plan, and able to claim 120 points on our points scale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Identity -You must provide proof of your identity<br \/>\n\u2022 Health &#8211; You must be in good health<br \/>\n\u2022 Character -You must be of good character<br \/>\n\u2022 Fit and proper person &#8211; You must be a fit and proper person<br \/>\n\u2022 English language -You must speak and understand English<br \/>\n\u2022 Minimum capital investment &#8211; You must show us that you\u2019re able to make a capital investment of at least NZ $ 100,000. We\u2019ll only consider waiving the minimum capital investment requirement , if both:<br \/>\na) your business is in science, ICT or another high-value export sector<br \/>\nb) your business shows a high level of innovation or short-term growth prospects.<br \/>\n\u2022 Entrepreneur points -You must be awarded at least 120 points on our points scale<br \/>\n\u2022 Business plan &#8211; You must provide a detailed business plan<br \/>\n\u2022 Occupational registration &#8211; You must have New Zealand occupational registration, if it\u2019s required to run your business in New Zealand<br \/>\n\u2022 Business start-up &#8211; You must start up your business within 12 months<br \/>\n\u2022 Evaluation &#8211; You must agree to take part in an evaluation of the Entrepreneur Work Visa Category<\/p>\n<p>What is your backup plan? <a href=\"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/contact-us\/\">Talk to us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/new_zealand_start_up_visa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand offers various visa options for investors. These include: Purchasing an existing business Establishing a new enterprise Investing in stocks and bonds For entrepreneurs launching startups, a significant financial investment is required. If your business demonstrates rapid growth potential and can generate employment opportunities for New Zealand citizens, you&#8217;ll likely be eligible for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-start-up-visa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}