The decision follows the approach to increase economic activity in the country.
New Zealand allows work on visit visa. It becomes a huge opportunity for digital nomads, IT professionals, Youtubers, bloggers and influencers to visit New Zealand, live and work in the country for longer period. New Zealand allows work on visit visa, as the country embraces new dynamics of the digital market across the world.
The country made an announcement that it will introduce easy visa rules. The new visa rules with allow holiday makers and people on vacations to work remotely while visiting New Zealand. Through this, New Zealand expects to boost its tourism sector, trade activities business environment and overall economy.
The minister for immigration Erica Stanford states that visitor visa change will be effective from 27 January 2025. On the implementation of this change, the visitor will be allowed to work while travelling to New Zealand. The decision follows the approach to increase economic activity in the country.
The economy of New Zealand faced a technical recession in the third quarter of 2024. The recession resulted in poor economic performance for the government. It has created a massive pressure on New Zealand to boost economic activities so that country can get back it financial strength. New Zealand economy accounts tourism as a major economic sector. The tourism sector is still not fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic closure of boarder. The current level of international visitors stands at 86% of 2019 level.
Globally, there is an increasing trend of remote work and digital nomads. Recently, Japan also introduced a special visa for remote workers. Therefore, this new work on visit visa from New Zealand is also an amazing offer for digital nomads.
