2021 Resident Visa

This visa was for people who were in New Zealand on 29 September 2021 and met residency or work requirements. It closed to new applicants on 31 July 2022.

To apply you must have:

• been on an eligible visa on 29 September 2021
• been in New Zealand on 29 September 2021
• met the requirements of being settled, skilled or scarce
• met the other requirements of this visa.

This visa lets you:

• live, work and study in New Zealand
• include your partner, and dependent children aged 24 and younger, in your visa application — if you met all the requirements.

If you arrived in New Zealand as a critical health worker or other critical worker for a longer term job, you did not need to have been in New Zealand on 29 September 2021 — you must have arrived in New Zealand and applied for the 2021 Resident Visa before 31 July 2022.