New Zealand’s new ‘fast-track’ to residency program is for skilled migrants in certain occupations meeting specified conditions such as their role, industrial sector, and wages being paid, irrespective of their native country, to address the shortage of skilled workers. Therefore, the ‘fast-track’ to residency is not for investors seeking their permanent residency visas. However, investors who are not able to find appropriate workers will be able to employ overseas workers under ‘fast-track’ to residency subject to meeting the certain conditions regarding the role of the worker, sector employed and the wages paid.
