WS4 Currency of specific purpose or event permits (01/07/2002)

1. The currency of a specific purpose or event permit must relate to the time required for the holder to complete the specific purpose or event.
2. The maximum duration of permit, including a short grace period within which the permit holder can leave New Zealand after they have completed their specific purpose or event, are:
   1. Business persons on short term secondments – 12 months;
   2. Entertainers, performing artists, film and video production crew, and associated support personnel – for the period requested;
   3. Sports players and professional sports coaches – 12 months, or up to a maximum of three years in the case of coaches employed at national or regional level;
   4. Show judges and sports referees – for the length of their engagement and not usually more than six months;
   5. Dance and music examiners – for the period of their examinations and not usually more than six months;
   6. Pastors and lay missionaries – three years;
   7. Installers and servicers of machinery – three months;
   8. Direct investment visas for Business Investor category residence applicants – 12 months;
   9. Executive staff of multinational companies on long term secondment – three years. On a case-by-case basis Officers with schedule 1 delegations may authorise the issue of a further work visa and grant of a further work permit to such staff for the full term of their secondment, if the multinational company confirms:
      • the applicant's commitment to returning to their country of origin at the end of the New Zealand secondment, and
      • the company's guarantee of maintenance, accommodation and repatriation.

Effective 01/07/2002