Chinanews.com, September 9th. According to New Zealand Tianwei.com, the New Zealand government will formulate a new border exemption category to allow some short-term visa holders who are overseas but have a strong and continuous connection with New Zealand to return new Zealand.

  On the 9th, the Minister of Immigration of New Zealand announced a number of new visa policies.

Set up a new visa type to allow overseas visa holders to enter

  The Minister of Immigration announced that short-term visa holders who must keep their business or work in New Zealand, their spouses and dependent children, can apply for this new visa from the beginning of October.

  To apply for this visa category, the visa holder must meet the following conditions:

  ——The current job or business in New Zealand is still effective.

  ——Hold a work permit, a resident visa, an entrepreneurial immigration visa, and a skilled work permit without interval requirements.

  -Leaving New Zealand on or after December 1, 2019.

  -Living in New Zealand for more than two years, or only living for more than one year, but meets one of the following conditions:

  ·Hold an entrepreneurial immigration visa, and had been operating and continuing to operate a business in New Zealand before leaving the country.

  ·During life in New Zealand, dependent children live with them (for six months and above).

  ·The permanent residence of their parents or adult siblings is New Zealand.

  · Submit a resident visa application after July 31, 2020.

  ——The validity period of the visa held at the time of departure is after the end of 2020; if the validity period is before this date, you have applied for a new visa before August 10, 2020.

  According to government forecasts, approximately 850 visa holders meet this new visa category; and the government will monitor the data.

  The Minister of Immigration said: “Many visa holders and their families have lived in New Zealand for many years and are full of hope to live in New Zealand for a long time. Considering their long-term and continuous connection with New Zealand, it is reasonable for them to return to New Zealand. "

  "We are now starting to adjust the immigration policy affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, which will allow a small number of people who can enter New Zealand under normal circumstances to enter New Zealand."

  "But we also need to maintain a balance between it and isolation capacity."

Adjust visa conditions for overseas residents

  Previously, those who obtained a New Zealand resident visa overseas had to enter New Zealand within a specified time to activate the visa.

However, the current border controls prevent it from travelling or entering New Zealand.

Therefore, some visas will face expiration or have already expired.

  The Minister of Immigration stated: "According to the rights granted by the Immigration Act, holders of overseas resident visas will automatically extend their visa validity period (travel condition) for 12 months if their visa validity period is about to expire; if their visa validity period has expired after February 2, 2020 If it expires, you will get a new visa valid for 12 months."

  "This policy will give 5,600 resident visa holders more peace of mind and are more likely to settle in New Zealand in the future. They have invested a lot of time and money in order to obtain resident visas."

  "These new entrants who have obtained resident visas had already come to New Zealand if it hadn't been for the border closure caused by the epidemic."

  have to be aware of is:

  ——Currently, only people who meet the criteria for exemption from border control can enter New Zealand.

The extension of the visa validity does not mean that these visa holders can be exempted from entry control.

  ——The Immigration Bureau will contact those who meet the visa validity extension policy before the end of September.

(Emma)