Launch Your Business in New Zealand

Tailored Support for Entrepreneur Visa Applicants

​The Entrepreneur Work Visa offers people with bright ideas and business experience the opportunity to come to New Zealand and set up a new business or purchase and revitalise an existing one.

This visa is an excellent pathway towards residence. Entrepreneur Work Visa holders who found a new business or acquire and revitalise an existing one and then meet or exceed their business plan over a 2 year period (or 6 months if a capital investment of NZ$500,000 or more is made) are entitled to apply for an Entrepreneur Resident Visa.

Family members of Entrepreneur Work Visa holders are entitled to a Partnership Based Work Visa or domestic Student Visas as applicable.

To qualify for an Entrepreneur Work Visa you must:

Have a business idea that will contribute to New Zealand’s economic growth by being high-growth, innovative and/or with export potential OR
Have expertise as a senior manager in a large enterprise and/or a self-employed businessperson
Be able to invest at least NZ$100,000 of capital in the business you intend to establish or acquire
Be able to qualify for 120 points based on age, experience, capital investment, location of business (if outside Auckland), projected full-time employment creation for New Zealanders and projected turnover (for export businesses)
Submit a Business Plan that is unique to your business an no more than 3 months old at the time of submission.

The preparation of a credible Business Plan is critical to the success of an Entrepreneur Work Visa application. Projections must be well researched and realistic. They should include a SWOT analysis and must demonstrate that the applicant has access to sufficient capital to finance the business.

​Vida Feliz is uniquely positioned to assist in the preparation of a Business Plan that meets the requirements for an Entrepreneur Work Visa application.