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WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (31/03/2008)

  1. Work visas may be issued for both short-term and long-term engagements to Ministers of religion, missionaries and members of religious orders who belong to religious denominations or groups specifically recognised under immigration policy.
  2. Recognised religions and denominations are:

Adidam

Latter-day Saints - Mormon

Afrikaans Christian Church

Lutheran

Ananda Marga

Maitreya Buddhist

Anglican

Methodist

Apostolic

MMM International (NZ)

Asian Outreach

Muslim

Assemblies of God

Napier Church of Christ

Associated Churches of Christ

Navigators

Auckland Christian Mandarin Church

New Covenant Ministries International (N.Z.)

Bahai

New Life Churches of N.Z.

BAPS (NZ) Inc. (Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha)

New Testament Church Inc.

Baptist

North Shore Church of Christ

Buddhist

New Zealand Training Centre

Calvary Chapel New Zealand

Open Brethren

Campus Crusade for Christ

Orthodox (Greek & Rumanian)

Chengzhen Temple

Presbyterian

Children's Bible Ministries

Quaker Religious Society of Friends

Christian Community

Reformed Churches of New Zealand Community

Christian Covenant Church

Roman Catholic

Christian Fellowships

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Christian Missionary Alliance

Salvation Army

Christian Outreach Centre

Samoan Seventh Day Adventist Church

Church of the Nazarene

Samoan Worship Centre Christian Ministries

Church of the One Nation International

Scripture Union New Zealand

Church of Tonga

Seventh Day Adventist

Congregational

Sikh

Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa

St Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church

Ekalesia Niuean Church

The Spirit of Jesus Christ Church

Elim

Sufi Lodge Aotearoa

Family Federation for World Peace and Unification NZ

Syrian Orthodox Church

Free Church of Tonga

Tian Yue Temple Charitable Trust

Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga

Tokaikolo Christian Church

Gelugpa Buddhist Centre (NZ)

Traditional Roman Catholic Board (Society of St. Pius Xth)

Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand

True Jesus Church

Hebrew Congregation - Jewish

Unitarian

Hindu

United Church of God

Hosanna Christ Gospel Church

United Missionary Fellowship Trust

IN Network

United Pentecostal Church International (New Zealand)

Institute of Basic Life Principles Church Inc

Voice of Christ Full Gospel

International Buddhist Meditation Temple

WEC International (World-wide Evangelisation for Christ)

International Harvesters Ministries of New Zealand

Wesleyan Methodist Church of New Zealand

International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Word of Life Church

International Student Ministries

World Outreach International

Jehovah's Witnesses

Yogi Divine Society (NZ) Inc.

Jesus is Lord Church

Youth for Christ NZ

Korean Evangelical Church of NZ

YWAM

  1. New Zealand branches should assess proposals to include religions and denominations not included in the above list. When a proposal is determined as likely to be approved branches should forward their determination to Operational Support, Service Delivery Group, National Office of the Department of Labour. Operational Support will then make an assessment of the determination and provide a recommendation to the Minister of Immigration on whether the religious group or denomination should be included in this list.

Effective 31/03/2008

PREVIOUS POLICY

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (02/04/2007)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (24/07/2006)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (24/04/2006)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (12/09/2005)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (04/07/2005)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (04/04/2005)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (15/11/2004)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (28/06/2004)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (01/04/2004)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (29/09/2003)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (30/06/2003)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (24/03/2003)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (07/10/2002)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (01/07/2002)

WG5.10 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders (29/04/2002)

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