Coming into effect on 1 April 2025, these changes have been designed with the clear objective of stimulating NZ’s economic growth.

The cost of a visa is just one of many factors people consider when choosing to come to New Zealand.

A number of changes will be made to the AEWV in March 2025. Changes will also be made to the median wage in February 2025.

Active Investor Plus Visa - AI+ 2.0 The New Zealand Government announced changes to NZ’s Active Investor Plus Category on 9.2.25. This signals to the international investment market that NZ is open for business. These changes from 1st April 2025 will ensure those who engage with investors will extract potentially greater investment on a far greater scale than is currently being achieved. This will finally deliver the economic benefits that the policy was designed to create. Over the past two years, we have seen a significant number of potential investors discouraged by the investor visa route into New Zealand. These changes to the AI+ settings are a refinement that removes any unnecessary complexity and rewards high-wealth individuals who wish to invest in NZ. The current settings have been unable to achieve the projected interest, and as such, increased interest and investment into NZ is highly likely.

There is good news for employers and migrant workers.

The NZ Immigration Minister Erica Stanford has set out her priorities for 2025. INZ have released some changes to the AEWV policy, which gives us an indication of what’s to come.

The NZ government announced some further reforms to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) scheme.

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The Government is ensuring New Zealand attracts and retains the workers and skills it needs by returning open work rights to partners of high-skilled migrants.