Policies arising from New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

On 1 October 2008, the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will enter into force.

Several immigration policies were agreed to as part of the negotiations:

 

• China Skilled Workers Policy
• China Special Work Policy
• China Working Holiday Scheme, and
• Group Transit Visa for Chinese nationals.

 

More information about these policies can be found in our questions and answers on the FTA.

 

Also, see these new policies (and other new or amended policy made as part of the September 2008 Release) in Amendment Circular 2008-13 PDF [327KB] and Amendment Circular 2008-14 PDF [95KB].