Investment

New Zealand Active Investor Plus Visa

A streamlined pathway to residency

Overview

The New Zealand Active Investor Plus (AIP) Visa offers high-net-worth individuals a streamlined pathway to residency by making a significant investment into local businesses and growth-oriented sectors.

MA Financial offers complying investment options for both the growth and balanced categories of the AIP Visa program to professional investors. Please contact us below for more information.

About the AIP Visa program

The AIP Visa offers two flexible investment categories:

  • Growth: focused on active investments, including direct contributions into New Zealand businesses and managed funds. This visa requires a minimum investment of NZ$5m for a period of three years.
  • Balanced: focused on passive investments, with the ability to choose from a variety of asset classes. This requires a minimum investment of NZ$10m over five years.

Key benefits

  • Flexible investment options: Choose from a diverse range of acceptable assets, including direct investments, managed funds, bonds, listed equities, and property.
  • Residency flexibility: Live, work, or study in New Zealand full-time, or travel in and out freely.
  • Include family members: Include a spouse or partner and dependent children aged under 24 as part of the visa application.
  • No English language test required
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Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited is a Registered Financial Service Provider in New Zealand in accordance with the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Disputes Resolution) Act 2008 -- FSP # 1007386. Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited is licensed under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 as a manager of registered schemes. Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited does not provide financial advice services to the public. Nothing herein should be construed as a general advertisement of financial advice services or a solicitation of prospective clients for financial advice services. The information herein is intended solely to provide certain background information which may include Elevation Capital’s investments on behalf of the Fund/s or Separate Accounts it manages or advises on. Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited, its directors, employees and agents believe that the information herein is correct at the time of compilation; however, they do not warrant the accuracy of the information. Save for any statutory liability which cannot be excluded, Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited further disclaims all responsibility or liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by any person relying on any information or any opinions, conclusions or recommendations contained herein whether that loss or damage is caused by any fault or negligence on the part of Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited, or otherwise. 

MA Investment Management Pty Ltd (ACN 621 552 896): This material has also been prepared by MA Investment Management Pty Ltd (ACN 621 552 896) (“MA”). It is proposed that MA will be appointed by the Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited to act as a sub-adviser in respect of each of the relevant funds to be established and offered as part of the Active Investor Plus Visa (AIPV) investment program. MA is not licensed by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) in New Zealand and does not provide financial services to investors in New Zealand. This material does not constitute immigration advice. Eligibility for the AIPV is determined solely by Immigration New Zealand. Neither Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited nor MA guarantees visa approval or that any investment will be deemed an acceptable investment by Immigration New Zealand.

Nothing in this material constitutes advice (whether of a financial, investment, legal, tax, accounting or any other nature) to any person. Prospective investors should seek their own professional advice on the consequences of investing in the Fund. No representation is made that any further information will be given, other than as required by law.

This is a private investment opportunity, where participation will be limited to investors in New Zealand who are "wholesale investors" as defined in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA), or to persons in New Zealand or overseas who are otherwise entitled to receive an offer of units in the Fund without requiring disclosure under Part 3 of the FMCA or equivalent legislation in respect of any person overseas. Participation in the Fund is at the sole discretion of MA Investment Management Pty Ltd.  

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We strongly recommend that individuals seek guidance from a qualified adviser before making any immigration-related decisions.

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