New ZealandSport
Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.
The route covers people coming to New Zealand to referee or judge sports events, shows, displays or exhibitions.
You can apply if you are coming to New Zealand to referee or judge sports events, shows, displays or exhibitions.
The applicant must provide an invitation or schedule of events showing how long they will be in New Zealand. The official source does not state a specific club, federation or governing-body relationship.
an invitation or schedule of events showing how long you will be in New Zealand
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the sporting level or professional status that distinguishes the route.
The visa allows work for a specific purpose or event as specified on the visa. The holder can only work in the job, for the employer and in the location specified on the visa. A partner or dependent children cannot be included in the visa application, but they can apply for their own visas based on their relationship to the holder.
This visa lets you: do work for a specific purpose or event as specified on your visa.
You can only work in the job, for the employer and in the location specified on your visa.
You cannot include your partner or dependent children in your visa application, but they can apply for their own visas based on their relationship to you.
The visa is granted for the time needed for the specific purpose or event. Only some business people can apply for another Specific Purpose or Event Work Visa if they need more time: senior business people or specialist business people on short-term secondments can apply to stay another 12 months; business people being transferred within a multinational company can apply to stay another 3 years. No longer-term residence possibilities are stated.
How long you can stay in New Zealand depends on the time needed for the specific purpose or event.
Only some business people can apply for another Specific Purpose or Event Work Visa, if they need more time. Senior business people or specialist business people on short-term secondments can apply to stay another 12 months. Business people who are being transferred from one part of a multinational company to another in New Zealand, can apply to stay another 3 years.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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