Visa Overview
Work visas for religious workers
Immigration New Zealand offers to genuine religious workers to have a temporary work visa for providing New Zealand communities the opportunity to practise, maintain and advance their religious beliefs.
Who can apply?
To be eligible for Work visas for religious workers you must:
- have religious work experience or training of at least two years
- have a genuine offer of religious work with a religious organisation registered as a charity with a primary purpose of advancing religion
- provide evidence of the sponsoring organisation’s financial ability to meet their sponsorship undertaking
- prove that your primary role is one or more of the following:
- teaching or guidance in religious scripture or philosophy,
- leading religious practice, worship or prayer,
- conducting religious initiations, ordination or ritual,
- ministering or pastoral care,
- roles of religious leadership in relation to any of the above.
If you are approved, we will grant you a work visa for up to two years.
Further Religious Worker visas
If the organisation sponsoring your work visa needs you to continue as a religious worker, you may be eligible for a further Religious Worker work visa for a period of up to two years.
When applying for a further Religious Worker work visa, you will need to show us that your sponsoring organisation has a genuine ongoing need for you to continue working with them as a religious worker and evidence to confirm that you have been working to advance their religious objectives.
Wish to know if you are eligible for Religious workers Work visas?
Once you successfully submit the questionnaire form you will be asked for the payment of our service for Detailed assessment. Upon the payment is completed we will be able to start review your case and prepare the report. The report will be sent to you by email.
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