Information about Employees of Relocating Business Resident Visa

• 2 acceptable photos of your head and shoulders
• your original or a certified copy of your passport or certificate of identity
• your original or a certified copy of your full birth certificate.

Acceptable photos

You must have a chest x-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.

Getting an x-ray or medical examination

If you are 17 or over, you must provide a police certificate from:

• your country of citizenship
• any other country where you have spent 12 months or more over the last 10 years, even if you did not spend that 12 months all in one visit.

Good character

How to get a police certificate

You must confirm in the application form that you meet fit and proper person requirements.

To be a fit and proper person, all businesses you have influence over must have complied with all immigration, employment and taxation laws. You must also:

• have never been investigated by the Serious Fraud Office or the New Zealand police for any offence resulting from business dealings
• have no convictions for an offence involving dishonesty
• have never been involved in business fraud or financial impropriety.

You must provide evidence:

• of your relationship with your partner and dependent children, like a marriage certificate and birth certificates
• that your partner and dependent children meet the identity, character, health and English language requirements for this visa.

Partnership
Dependent children

You can show us you speak English by either providing:

• an acceptable English language test result
• evidence you have an English-speaking background
• evidence you are a competent user of English for other reasons.

English language test results for entrepreneurs and employees relocating to NZ

English-speaking background

The CEO’s letter must include:

• the name of the business
• the business’ New Zealand location
• the reason the business is relocating to New Zealand
• confirmation that the business will comply with New Zealand employment and immigration laws
• your current role in the business
• your role in the business after its relocation
• the reasons you’re integral to the business
• the ways in which the relocation will benefit New Zealand.

We’ll consider the relocated benefits to New Zealand if the business is trading profitably (or has the potential to do so in the next 12 months) and contributing to our economic growth, for example:

• introducing new technology, management or technical skills
• enhancing existing technology, management or technical skills
• introducing new products or services
• enhancing existing products or services
• creating new export markets
• expanding existing export markets
• creating at least 1 full-time job for a New Zealander.

You must provide evidence of your role in the relocating business. This can include original or certified copies of any of the following:

• letters of appointment
• certificates of service
• pay slips
• job descriptions
• tax records
• performance reviews
• references from your employer.

Employer references should:

• be on company letterhead
• describe your role in the business
• include the date you started working for them
• include your employer’s contact number and address.

We may ask you to provide evidence that the business:

• pays workers no less than the minimum wage or other contracted industry standard
• meets holiday and other leave requirements
• provides a safe workplace
• only employs people who are allowed to work in New Zealand.

If the business is included on the list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Labour Inspectorate then we can’t approve your application.

List of non-compliant employers

To be granted residence, the relocated business must be operating in New Zealand.  Evidence may include:

• a certificate of incorporation
• audited accounts
• GST records
• other tax records
• documents showing a business site has been purchased or leased
• invoices for business equipment and supplies
• any other documents that show the business is operating, eg employment agreements, bank statements, power bills, sales agreements, contracts to provide products or services.

We’ll contact NZTE to check the relocating business has their support.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE)