WM1 Ministers of religion, missionaries,...

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	Lutheran
   Calvary Chapel New Zealand	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	Sabbath Rest Adventist Church
   Christian Outreach Centre	Salvation Army
   Church of the Nazarene	Samoan Seventh Day Adventist Church
   Church of the One Nation International	Samoan Worship Centre Christian Ministries
   Church of Tonga	Scripture Union New Zealand
   Congregational	Seventh Day Adventist
   Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa	Sikh
   Ekalesia Niuean Church	St Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church
   Elim	The Spirit of Jesus Christ Church
   Family Federation for World Peace and Unification NZ	Sufi Lodge Aotearoa
   Free Church of Tonga	Syrian Orthodox Church
   Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga	Tandem Ministries
   Gelugpa Buddhist Centre (NZ)	Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship
   Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand	Tian Yue Temple Charitable Trust
   Hebrew Congregation - Jewish	Tokaikolo Christian Church
   Hindu	Traditional Roman Catholic Board (Society of St. Pius Xth)
   Hosanna Christ Gospel Church	True Jesus Church
   Incedo	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	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 29/03/2010