Authorisation of Remote Work on Visitor Visas and NZeTA

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryNew Zealand

Operative dateJanuary 27, 2025

CategoryAdmission and work authorization

Policy toolVisa condition modification

Affected groupVisitors, tourists, and digital nomads

Policy effect

Amends visitor visa conditions to permit foreign visitors and electronic travel authority (NZeTA) holders to work remotely for an offshore employer while residing temporarily in New Zealand, provided they do not provide goods or services to domestic businesses or engage in local on-site employment.

Official source excerpt

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2025 Topics Visit Immigration rules and processes The Government announced today that the rules for visitors are changing and people arriving on a visitor visa or NZeTA can work for overseas employers while visiting New Zealand. New visa conditions will now allow visitors to work remotely for an overseas employer or client. The change applies to applications received from 27 January 2025 for all visitors, including tourists and people visiting family, and partners and guardians on longer-term visitor visas. These new conditions mean that tourists can stay in New Zealand as a digital nomad and … keep in touch with work back home, without breaching their visa conditions. Both visitor visa recipients and people who enter with an NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) will receive these conditions. Visitor visa holders must not: work for a New Zealand employer provide goods or services to people or businesses in New Zealand do work that requires them to be physically present at a workplace in New Zealand. Visas that allow you to visit New Zealand Tax information The tax treatment of a digital nomad’s income from working for a foreign employer while in New Zealand depends on the …

New Zealand Government / BeehiveNew Zealand Government (27 January 2025), 'Going for Growth: New rules for visiting tourists', Beehive Ministerial Release.; New Zealand Government, "Remote work enabled under visitor visa settings," Beehive.govt.nz Ministerial Release, January 2025.; New Zealand Government / Beehive Ministerial Release, Hon Erica Stanford & Hon Nicola Willis, "Going for Growth: New rules for visiting tourists"; Immigration New Zealand Media Notification.Open official source

Retrieved from https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/going-growth-new-rules-visiting-tourists

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Authorisation of Remote Work on Visitor Visas and NZeTA

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other New Zealand changes operative in 2025