H5.35 Currency and conditions

H5.35.1 Currency and conditions of a Critical Purpose visitor visa

1. A Critical Purpose visitor visa may be granted with sufficient duration for the holder to achieve their critical purpose in New Zealand, up to 6 months.
2. Despite (a) above, where a person is not required by A4.25 to provide Medical or Chest X-ray Certificates, they may be granted a visitor visa for a maximum period of 12 months.
3. Despite (a) and (b) above, the duration of the visitor visa granted to a person who meets the requirements of an ‘other critical worker’ as an approved class of worker (H5.30.20) may be subject to a maximum duration, as specified in the table at H5.30.20.
4. A Critical Purpose visitor visa must be granted with the condition that the holder carries out the critical purpose that allowed the grant of this visa while they are in New Zealand.
5. A person granted a visitor visa who meets requirements for either a critical health worker (H5.30.1), or an ‘other critical worker’ (5.30.5), may have conditions imposed allowing them to work in any occupation for any employer in any location in New Zealand.
6. A Critical Purpose visitor visa may be granted allowing multiple journeys to New Zealand where the applicants passport is valid for the period set out in 3.10(a).

H5.35.5 Currency and Conditions of another visa (appropriate to the applicant’s circumstances)

1. A temporary entry class visa (other than a Critical Purpose visitor visa) may be granted for the duration set out in the relevant instructions for that visa.
2. Despite (a), the duration of a visa granted to a person who meets the requirements of an ‘other critical worker’ as an approved class of worker (H5.30.20) may be subject to a maximum duration, as specified in the table at H5.30.20.
3. A temporary entry class visa granted to a person who has a critical purpose for travelling to New Zealand must be granted with conditions imposed that the holder carries out that critical purpose while they are in New Zealand.

H5.35.10 Conditions of visas varied for a critical purpose

1. Any visa varied under these instructions will have the condition imposed that the holder carries out the relevant critical purpose while they are in New Zealand.
2. A person whose visa conditions are varied under these instructions and who meets the requirements for either a critical health worker or an ‘other critical worker’ may, at the discretion of an immigration officer, also have conditions imposed allowing them to work in any occupation for any employer in any location in New Zealand.
3. A person whose visa conditions are varied under these instructions and who meets the requirements for marine crew arriving by the maritime border may, at the discretion of an immigration officer, also have conditions imposed allowing them to work where appropriate and relevant to the needs of a ship (H5.31).
4. Any visa varied under these instructions is subject to the condition that the holder comply with:
   1. any order made under section 11 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020; and
   2. any order made under section 70 of the Health Act 1956 and listed in schedule 2 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020; and
   3. any instruction from a Medical Officer of Health which relates to a notifiable or quarantinable disease.

H5.35.15 First entry dates

See also Immigration Act 2009 ss 6, 49, 63, 77

1. A visa granted under H5.25.1 or H5.25.5 may be granted with a travel condition that first entry to New Zealand must be made within nine months of the visa being granted.
2. Despite (a), where the visa is granted to a person on the basis of having a critical purpose for travelling to New Zealand as a member of an approved class of workers (5.30.20) or an approved class of individuals (H5.30.21), and a first entry date is specified with respect to that class, then that first entry date will be imposed

Effective 31/07/2022