Application form - One Home to Live In

• You wish to buy or build a home in New Zealand on residential land¹
• You have a New Zealand resident or permanent resident visa, or are a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or Singapore
• You are not ordinarily resident in New Zealand²
• The home will be bought in your name, or the name of you and other people
• You will live in the house as your main home.

For more information, see Buying or building one home to live in.

1. Residential land:

• Residential land is sensitive land with a property category of 'residential' or 'lifestyle'. Check the property category of the land you wish to purchase at https://www.qv.co.nz/.
• Residential land also includes a residential flat in a building owned by a flat-owning company, regardless of whether the building is on land within a property category of residential or lifestyle. And for that purpose, reference to interest in the Overseas Investment Act 2005 includes licence to occupy.
• Residential land can also be 'otherwise sensitive'. For example, rural land (including lifestyle blocks larger than 5 hectares), and some coastal land.
• Residential and otherwise sensitive land can sometimes also be farm land. If the land you wish to buy is or includes farm land, the farm land advertising rules must generally be complied with. Check the rules on our web page farm land advertising.
• Residential land is defined in Section 6 of the Overseas Investment Act 2005.
  Sensitive land is defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act, and is also covered on our web page Identifying sensitive land.
  Farm land is defined in Section 6 of the Overseas Investment Act 2005 and covered on our web page Farm land.

2. 'Ordinarily resident in New Zealand' means that you:

• have been living in New Zealand for at least 12 months
• have been physically present in New Zealand for at least 183 days during the previous 12-month period
• hold a New Zealand residence class visa (or are a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or Singapore), and
• are a New Zealand tax resident.

Note: It's an offence to buy land that is sensitive without consent, and you may be fined or receive a penalty if you do so. We recommend seeking legal advice if you are in any doubt about the type of land you wish to buy.

If you are submitting a residential-only application, you will need to pay the Fee and provide the following documents for each applicant:

• Signed Commitment to reside statutory declaration
• Colour scan or photo of passport
• Visa label or eVisa

If this application for consent includes 'otherwise sensitive' land, you will also need to complete the Investor Test questions in this form and submit a signed Investor Test statutory declaration.

If this application for consent includes 'otherwise sensitive' land that is also farm land, you will need to provide evidence of the advertising undertaken and how it met the requirements under Regulations 4-11 of the Overseas Investment Regulations 2005, unless an exemption applies. If this is the case, we suggest you seek expert advice.

• The assessment timeframe is up to 10 working days.
• The fee is NZD $2,040.00 (incl. GST). If the notice of consent is to be issued in more than one name, the fee remains the same.
• You can pay the fee by credit card when you submit your application, or you can choose to pay on invoice.

• The assessment timeframe is up to 10 working days.
• The fee is NZD $5,800 (incl. GST).
• We will send you an invoice after we receive your application.

• The assessment timeframe is up to 30 working days.
• The fee is NZD $16,900 (incl. GST).
• We will send an invoice after we receive your application.

Note:

• We will start to process your application when we receive all the information we need, and the full and correct application fee.
• The OIO will not refund fees if an application is withdrawn, consent is declined or the OIO finds that no consent was required.