Expression of Interest (EOI) for investor visas for New Zealand are to be applied manually by mail or courier to the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) office in New Zealand. The approval in principle is usually provided by INZ within six months. However, currently due to COVID-19 circumstances, the INZ staff continue to work remotely and are focusing on processing online applications. As the phased border reopening is being delayed to the end of February 2022, it is expected that processing other applications will resume only after February 2022. At this time, it is difficult to know the exact processing time for investor visas as there has been no specific notification on this.
