Check your points for an Investor 2 Resident Visa

You can claim points for your Investor 2 Resident Visa application based on your business experience, investment funds, English language ability and age.

Note
The Investor 2 Resident Visa closed to new applications on 27 July 2022.

Business experience

You can claim points for your years of business experience.

Table 1: Number of points you can claim for your years of business experience
Years of business experience Points you can claim
3 9
4 12
5 15
6 18
7 21
8 24
9 27
10 30
11 33
12 36
13 39
14 42
15+ 45

Investment funds

You can claim points for the amount you are investing.

Table 2: Number of points you can claim for different investment amounts
Investment amount (NZD $) Points you can claim Investment amount (NZD $) Points you can claim
$3 million 10 $6.5 million 80
$3.25 million 15 $6.75 million 85
$3.5 million 20 $7 million 90
$3.75 million 25 $7.25 million 95
$4 million 30 $7.5 million 100
$4.25 million 35 $7.75 million 105
$4.5 million 40 $8 million 110
$4.75 million 45 $8.25 million 115
$5 million 50 $8.5 million 120
$5.25 million 55 $8.75 million 125
$5.5 million 60 $9 million 130
$5.75 million 65 $9.25 million 135
$6 million 70 $9.5 million 140
$6.25 million 75 $9.75 million 145

English language

You can claim points for the score you achieved in an approved English language test or, if you have an English-speaking background, you can claim 20 points.

Meeting English language requirements

Age

Table 8: Number of points you can claim for your age
Age Points you can claim
Under 30 20
30 to 39 15
40 to 49 10
50 to 59 5
60 to 65 0

Growth investments

You can claim 20 bonus points if you have invested NZD $750,000 in growth investments.

Growth investments

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