New Zealand Issues Sweeping Changes to Investor Visas: Minimums of NZ$5-15 Million
Minimum investment requirements and minimum stay requirements both increase as New Zealand aims for investors who play a more active role.
Read moreMinimum investment requirements and minimum stay requirements both increase as New Zealand aims for investors who play a more active role.
Read more2021-22 results brought the program’s performance from nadir to zenith within a year in which it raised NZ$1 billion from just 100 investors.
Read moreAfter two years of falling approvals and investments, all arrows finally point in the right direction for New Zealand’s investor visas.
Read moreWinners, losers, surprises, and new trends. These are five graphs that characterize the year in golden visa programs.
Read moreNew Zealand’s Investor Visa, which but a few years ago raised more than a billion NZ dollars a year, remains virtually dead 19 months after the onset of the pandemic.
Read more“The program is a mess at the moment,” says ANZ Migration’s James Hall. Some of his clients have waited more than a year for approvals that normally take 3 months.
Read moreMore than NZ$ 1bn of investor visa funds, half of it from the US, are knocking on New Zealand’s door, which, due to COVID, remains closed.
Read moreWhile only 16% of Indonesians are turned away, half of Malaysian and South African investor visa applicants get rejection letters.
Read moreQ1 of New Zealand’s 2019-2020 reporting year has ended and figures released this month show interest in investor visas is on a decidedly downward path.
Read moreIn 2017, New Zealand introduced a partial ban on foreign property buyers. Nearly two years later, Ed Kennedy asks if the policy has had the desired effect.
Read moreBut Kiwi authorities have also left NZ$2.7 billion on the table due to their sky-high rejection rates.
Read moreOver the last ten years, the Kiwis’ high standards have led them to turn down investments worth over NZ$1.7 billion. But they’re still raking in NZ$27m a week.
Read moreWe’ve put together an overview of the world’s most popular residence by investment programs, backed by official statistics. A note on the
Read moreNew Zealand’s parliament yesterday voted 63-57 in favor of passing the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill. The law makes it illegal
Read more[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ew Zealand’s Category 2 Investor Visa – the world’s “pickiest” such program, with rejection rates hovering around 50% – last
Read moreNew Zealand has two separate categories available to investor immigrants: Investor 1 Resident Visa and Investor 2 Resident Visa. Investor
Read moreNew Zealand’s Prime Minister-elect, Jacinda Ardern, has announced her administration will bar non-resident foreigners from purchasing existing homes in New
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