#New ZealandImmigration# Introduction New Zealand is a popular country for tourism, immigration, and study. People always log in to New Zealand through various visas. For immigrants, how many types of New Zealand immigration visas are there? Understanding these immigrant visa types will be of great help to applicants for immigrating to New Zealand. The following content is compiled and published by kao.com!
1. What are the types of New Zealand immigration visas?
1. New Zealand Entrepreneurship Immigration Visa
The New Zealand Entrepreneurship Immigration Visa is a type of immigration visa for overseas people to start a business locally and make certain contributions to the New Zealand economy. The applicant has been operating a business for two years. After reaching the turnover requirement, the whole family can apply for New Zealand permanent residence. Two common visa types are ordinary entrepreneurial immigrants and high-value entrepreneurial immigrants.
1. Ordinary Entrepreneur Immigration Visa
New Zealand Ordinary Entrepreneur Immigration refers to an overseas person who invests no less than 100,000 New Zealand dollars in New Zealand to start a company that meets the requirements of the Immigration Bureau, and If you make a certain contribution to the New Zealand economy and meet the turnover requirements after two years of operation, the entrepreneur and his family can obtain New Zealand green cards and enjoy welfare benefits. This project has fast approval speed and low investment amount, and has attracted the attention of many overseas investors.
2. High-value Entrepreneurship Immigration Visa
Similar to New Zealand’s ordinary Entrepreneurship Immigration, the High-value Shipping Industry Immigration Visa requires overseas people to start a business by investing no less than 500,000 New Zealand dollars in New Zealand. , comply with the relevant requirements of the Immigration Bureau, and make a certain contribution to the New Zealand economy. After the overseas investor's business has reached the required turnover for two years, the entrepreneur's family will obtain a permanent return visa from New Zealand. Compared with ordinary entrepreneurial immigrants, the threshold for high-value entrepreneurial immigrants is lower, but there are no relevant requirements such as age and EOI score.
2. New Zealand Investment Immigration Visa
Compared with New Zealand Entrepreneurship Immigration, the New Zealand Investment Immigration Fund application threshold is relatively high, but the application cycle is short, and investors and their families can get it in one step. Obtain permanent residence status. The common visa requirements include ordinary investment immigration and high-value investment immigration.
1. Ordinary investment immigration
New Zealand ordinary investment immigration refers to the applicant investing 3 million in one or more of the following projects in New Zealand to obtain permanent residence. The investment projects mainly include: government bonds, bonds issued by New Zealand companies and traded in the New Zealand bond market, bonds of New Zealand BBB-rated companies or above, equity (equity/stock) of New Zealand companies (listed or private), including managed funds, etc. .
2. High-value investment immigration
New Zealand’s high-value investment immigration refers to the applicant investing 10 million in one or more of the following projects in New Zealand to obtain permanent residence. The investment projects mainly include: government bonds, bonds issued by New Zealand companies and traded in the New Zealand bond market, bonds of New Zealand BBB-rated companies or above, equity (equity/stock) of New Zealand companies (listed or private), including managed funds, etc. .
3. New Zealand Skilled Immigration Visa
New Zealand Skilled Immigration is a popular immigration category in New Zealand and an important way for overseas people to immigrate to New Zealand. Applicants who meet the age, education, work experience, and EOI score requirements can quickly obtain New Zealand green card status for their entire family. The main requirements that applicants meet are:
1. The main applicant must be under 55 years old;
2. The applicant must have a college degree, undergraduate degree or above;
3. Applicants with a score of 100 points can enter the pool, but the New Zealand Immigration Service has made it clear that only applicants with a score of 160 points will be invited. Therefore, the applicant’s EOI score must reach 160 points.
4. The applicant’s IELTS G average score is 6.5, and there are no individual requirements.
5. The applicant must be in good health, of good character, and have no criminal record.
IV. New Zealand Reunion Immigration Visa
The New Zealand Reunion Immigration Visa is also an important way for people to apply to immigrate to New Zealand. The main reunion immigration visas include spouse reunification immigration, child reunification immigration and parent reunification immigration. Reunion immigration, etc. Applicants can choose the appropriate reunion immigration visa according to their own circumstances and obtain permanent residence status!
Friends must choose a visa that suits them when immigrating to New Zealand in order to successfully immigrate to New Zealand.
2. Are New Zealand immigrants happy?
New Zealand is a country with a very high happiness index. According to surveys, New Zealand’s happiness index ranks among the top ten in the world. The happiness of immigrants is even higher than the national average. Moreover, the longer you immigrate, the longer your happiness. The longer the time, the higher the happiness. Old immigrants have said that after living in New Zealand for many years, the happiness index has also increased. Therefore, judging from the feedback of many immigrants, the life of immigrants in New Zealand is very happy. Immigrants need to actively face the new environment after immigration with a good attitude, and the life of immigrants in New Zealand will be very happy.
3. New Zealand immigration benefits
1. Medical services
In New Zealand’s public hospitals, medical treatment is free, and the hospital’s surgical equipment is provided by the state. People from poor families Outpatient fees are reduced for medical treatment, and most of the drug costs are borne by the state. Children under the age of 16 receive free dental treatment, which greatly reduces family burdens, makes immigrants' family life less stressful, and improves living happiness.
2. Educational benefits
After applicants obtain New Zealand citizenship, they can enjoy free primary and secondary education. National universities only need to pay part of the low tuition fees. Immigrants can enjoy it after living for two years. The amount of the student allowance needs to be subsidized based on the number of students in the family, housing costs, etc., which can effectively reduce the pressure on immigrants with children and meet their living expenses.
3. Visa-free access to multiple countries or regions
After becoming a New Zealand citizen, applicants can enter many European and American developed countries without a visa, including the right to settle and work in Australia, and enjoy In addition to unemployment benefits, Australian citizens can even work in the UK. After retirement, they can live in the UK, the Netherlands and other European countries, which is suitable for retirement.
4. Encourage childbirth
New Zealand’s childbirth policy is different from China’s. The New Zealand government encourages childbirth. The state is responsible for all expenses from pregnancy to delivery. For every newborn child, the government will Childcare subsidies are provided weekly until the age of 18, and a monetary subsidy is also given, which greatly reduces the pressure of raising children and encourages many Chinese to immigrate to New Zealand.
5. Free living
The New Zealand government actively seeks benefits for every family and ensures that everyone has a place to live. It provides government public housing for ordinary New Zealand families and strives to meet the needs of citizens. The government will bear the housing repair and maintenance costs incurred during the residence, so the immigrants do not have to worry about housing problems.
6. Suitable for old-age care
After the applicant obtains New Zealand citizenship and has settled in New Zealand for 10 years, and is over 65 years old, he or she can enjoy the pension provided by the government, allowing you to enjoy A quality senior life.
In fact, to evaluate whether the life of immigrants in a country is good or not, it mainly depends on the living environment, social welfare and economic level of the country of immigration. Generally speaking, immigrants in New Zealand live a very happy life, and the longer they live, the more benefits they enjoy. If you care about the local living environment and survival pressure, you don’t have to worry about New Zealand. However, new immigrants still need to actively adapt to the new environment and improve the happy experience of immigrant life.