Source document
BJ8.15 Section 49(1) condition: minimum period of time in New Zealand (to 28/07/2022), effective 28/08/2017
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CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Archived BJ8.15 (effective 28/08/2017, to 28/07/2022): final minimum-time rules, Investor 1 44 days in each of the last two years or 88 days with NZ$2.5m in growth investments; Investor 2 146 days in each of the last three years or 438 days with NZ$750,000 in growth investments. All four added as rules; earlier versions are only listed by date. No statistics.
What it supports
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- Required physical presenceprincipal applicant, in each of the final two years of the three-year investment period (12%)44 days per year28 Aug 2017 – 27 Jul 2022 · INZ Operational Manual 2017New Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Required physical presence, Growth categoryprincipal applicant over the three-year investment period, if at least NZ$2.5 million (25% of NZ$10 million) is in growth investments88 days28 Aug 2017 – 27 Jul 2022 · INZ Operational Manual 2017New Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Required physical presenceprincipal applicant, in each of the final three years of the four-year investment period (40%)146 days per year28 Aug 2017 – 27 Jul 2022 · INZ Operational Manual 2017New Zealand · Investor 2 visa
- Required physical presence, Growth categoryprincipal applicant over the four-year investment period, if at least NZ$750,000 (25% of NZ$3 million) is in growth investments438 days28 Aug 2017 – 27 Jul 2022 · INZ Operational Manual 2017New Zealand · Investor 2 visa
About the document
What it covers Final days-in-NZ rules for Investor 1 and 2, with growth-investment options.
Notes Archived immigration instructions (no longer current), as published in INZ's online Operational Manual archive.
Source id nzl-inz-ops-bj8-15-2017 · accessed 2 Oct 2026