WM1 Ministers of religion, missionaries,... (04/05/2009)

WM1 Ministers of religion, missionaries, and members of religious orders

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	Maitreya Buddhist
   Afrikaans Christian Church	Methodist
   Ananda Marga	MMM International (NZ)
   Anglican	Muslim
   Apostolic	Napier Church of Christ
   Asian Outreach	Navigators
   Assemblies of God	New Covenant Ministries International (N.Z.)
   Associated Churches of Christ	New Life Churches of N.Z.
   Auckland Christian Mandarin Church	New Testament Church Inc.
   Bahai	North Shore Church of Christ
   BAPS (NZ) Inc. (Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha)	New Zealand Training Centre
   Baptist	Open Brethren
   Buddhist	Orthodox (Greek & Rumanian)
   Calvary Chapel New Zealand	Presbyterian
   Chengzhen Temple	Quaker Religious Society of Friends
   Children's Bible Ministries	Reformed Churches of New Zealand Community
   Christian Community	Roman Catholic
   Christian Covenant Church	Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
   Christian Fellowships	Sabbath Rest Adventist Church
   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	Tandem Ministries
   Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga	Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship
   Gelugpa Buddhist Centre (NZ)	Tian Yue Temple Charitable Trust
   Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand	Tokaikolo Christian Church
   Hebrew Congregation - Jewish	Traditional Roman Catholic Board (Society of St. Pius Xth)
   Hindu	True Jesus Church
   Hosanna Christ Gospel Church	Unitarian
   IN Network	United Church of God
   Institute of Basic Life Principles Church Inc	United Missionary Fellowship Trust
   International Buddhist Meditation Temple	United Pentecostal Church International (New Zealand)
   International Harvesters Ministries of New Zealand	Voice of Christ Full Gospel
   International Society for Krishna Consciousness	WEC International (World-wide Evangelisation for Christ)
   International Student Ministries	Wesleyan Methodist Church of New Zealand
   Jehovah's Witnesses	Word of Life Church
   Jesus is Lord Church	World Outreach International
   Korean Evangelical Church of NZ	Yogi Divine Society (NZ) Inc.
   Latter-day Saints – Mormon	Youth for Christ NZ
   Lutheran	YWAM

3. 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 04/05/2009