NZ pulls the ‘golden visa’ emergency growth lever with Active Investor Plus visa changes

NZ pulls the ‘golden visa’ emergency growth lever with Active Investor Plus visa changes
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes the active investor visa announcement at an event hosted by Auckland Chamber CEO Simon Bridges. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
Golden visas are a lever countries pull when they need growth fast, but the political consensus around them has an expiry date.After pulling the golden visa lever hard post-pandemic, many countries are now rolling back their golden visa programmes. Spain will terminate its golden visa programme by the end of April, the UK scrapped it in 2022, the Netherlands halted its programme last year, and Portugal has already stopped allowing real estate purchases and real estate-related funds to qualify for its golden visa programme.The delay in time...

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