WS2 Specific purposes or events (29/04/2002)

Specific purposes or events may include the following:

1. Senior or specialist business persons on short term secondments who have a job offer either in a substantial New Zealand company or a New Zealand subsidiary of an overseas company.
2. People with a written invitation or schedule of events invited to New Zealand to referee sports events or judge shows, displays, or exhibitions.
3. Dance and music examiners of recognised international teaching institutions with a written invitation or job offer to conduct examinations in New Zealand.
4. Pastors and lay missionaries with a written guarantee of accommodation, maintenance and repatriation from a sponsoring body.
5. Installers or servicers of specialised machinery or equipment supplied by an overseas company who can provide evidence that installing or servicing the equipment in New Zealand is a condition of purchase.
6. Entertainers, performing artists, film and video production crew, and associated support personnel, who intend to engage in any form of private or public performance in New Zealand or work on any film or video production in New Zealand, if they meet the evidential and other requirements set out in WS3.1.
7. Principal applicants for residence under the Business Investor category who are investigating direct investment opportunities and making direct investments in New Zealand.

   Note:

   ~ Spouses and dependent children of principal applicants in this category may be issued with multiple journey visitors' visas authorising a permit current for the same period as the principal applicant's.

   ~ Dependent children of principal applicants in this category may be issued with student visas and granted student permits, provided that they meet the standard student policy requirements (see U2).

8. People seconded to New Zealand to be the chief executive or senior staff member of a multinational company for which similar applications have been approved.
9. Sports players and professional sports coaches taking up a paid position in a New Zealand sports club who have an written offer of employment from that club.

   Note: Players or coaches who wish to undertake additional employment may apply for a variation of the conditions of their work permit once they arrive in New Zealand.

   A variation may be granted if:

   ~ the applicant provides evidence that the sponsor or company involved in the sport is offering the job solely to this particular player or coach; or

   ~ a labour market test (see WG3.10) on any other job offered shows that there are no New Zealand citizens or residents available to do the job.

10. People who need to come to New Zealand for any other specific purpose or event where the circumstances justify the issue of a work visa or grant of a work permit under this policy.

Effective 29/04/2002