How to apply – Professional Investor category- Part 1

If you meet the requirements and are ready to apply for residence under the Professional Investor category, you will need to complete and submit an Application for Residence – Professional and Global Investor Categories (INZ 1150) PDF. Refer to the Professional and Global Investor Categories Guide (INZ 1151) PDF to help you fill in the application form.

A personal manager is available to provide information and contacts in the areas of immigration, settlement and investment.

You must provide evidence with your application – there is evidence that you must provide for everyone included in the application, and evidence that only the principal applicant needs to provide.

Evidence everyone must provide

For every person included in the application you must provide:

  • two passport-size photographs
  • photocopies of the identity pages of their passport
  • a full birth certificate.

Health

You must show that everyone included in the application meets health requirements by submitting a completed medical and chest x-ray certificate.

Character

You must show that everyone included in the application who is aged 17 or more meets character requirements by providing police certificates from their country(ies) of citizenship, and all countries they have lived in for 12 months or more in the last 10 years. This includes countries where the stay has been broken by short departures.

Evidence that everyone meets English language requirements

You must show that everyone included in the application meets English language requirements. There are different requirements for the principal applicant, and for his/her partner and dependent children.

Principal applicant’s English language

You must provide either:

  • evidence you have an English speaking background OR
  • an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificate (no more than 2 years old at the time you lodge your application for residence), which shows you gained at least two band scores of 4 or more in the IELTS General or Academic Module OR
  • other evidence that you are a competent user of English, such as
    • your current country of residence
    • countries you may have lived in before
    • how long you were in each country
    • whether you speak any languages other than English
    • your family’s ability to speak English
    • whether your family members speak any languages other than English
    • your previous or current work and the level of English language skills required
    • your qualifications and the level of English language skills they required.

They may still require you to provide an IELTS certificate to confirm that you meet English language requirements.

Partner/dependent children’s English language

To meet English language requirements partners and dependent children aged 16 or more included in your application who already meet minimum level of English language must provide the evidence listed above.

However, if your partner and/or dependent children do not yet meet the minimum standard of English, they can pre-purchase ESOL tuition in New Zealand.

Evidence of your partnership

If your partner is applying on your application form too, you need to show that you have been living together in a genuine and stable relationship for at least 12 months.

Evidence you live together might include original or certified copies of documents showing shared accommodation (such as joint ownership of residential property, joint tenancy agreement, or correspondence (including postmarked envelopes) addressed to both you and your partner at the same address).

Evidence of your business experience

Acceptable evidence of your business experience can include (but is not limited to) original or certified copies of enough of these documents to clearly demonstrate your business experience:

  • business registration
  • company financial statements
  • company tax returns and tax records
  • shareholder certificates or proof of ownership of business
  • pay slips
  • job specifications
  • job assessments
  • personal tax returns
  • letters of appointment
  • certificates of service
  • strategic planning documents
  • references from employers on company letterhead, stating your position(s) and dates of employment, and giving the contact phone number and address of the employer.

You may be able to provide other types of evidence appropriate to your circumstances. If you worked part time, you must show the actual weekly hours worked.

If you are claiming business experience in more than one business you need to provide appropriate evidence for each of those businesses.