New Zealand’s new Active Investor Plus Visa was announced in September 2022, replacing its previous investor visas. Designed to attract valuable investors and encourage investment that delivers benefits to the local economy, the Active Investor Plus Visa allows applicants to live, work, and study in the country indefinitely, as long as they have met all the investment and time-in-country requirements

Requirements of the New Zealand Active Investor Plus Visa Program
To qualify for residence, applicants must fulfill all of the following requirements:

1. Invest between NZD 5 million and NZD 15 million over the course of four years
2. Be in good health and of good character
3. Spend 117 days in New Zealand across the four-year residence period
4. Demonstrate English language ability

The following assets may be invested into and will be weighted accordingly to meet the NZD 15 million investment threshold:

• Direct investments into approved businesses.
• These will be given a 3x weighting
• Investments into approved managed funds (private equity or venture capital funds). These will be given a 2x weighting Investment into listed equities and philanthropy. These will be given a 1x weighting (and each of these is capped at 50% of the NZD 15 million investment requirement)

Acquiring citizenship after the New Zealand Active Investor Plus Visa Program
Successful applicants may apply for New Zealand citizenship after five years of residence. The New Zealand passport is among the top 10 in the world on the Henley Passport Index and facilitates access to over 180 destinations worldwide.