Application form - One Home to Live In

• You wish to buy or build a home in New Zealand on residential land¹
• You will live in the house as your main home.
• 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

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 description 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.
• The type of application that relates to residential land only is called 'residential land only' application. If the residential land is sensitive also for any other reason, the application is called 'residential and otherwise sensitive land' application.
• 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.

2. 'Ordinarily resident in New Zealand' means that you must meet all of the following:

• have been living in New Zealand for at least the immediately preceding 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 land 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
• Agreement for sale and purchase, if applicable

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

You also need so provide a copy of the agreement for sale and purchase, if you already have one.

• The assessment timeframe is up to 10 working days.
• The fee is NZD2,040.00 (incl. GST). If the 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 NZD5,800 (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 NZD16,900 (incl. GST).
• We will send an invoice after we receive your application.

Note:

• If you are paying on invoice, we will send you an email containing the details and instructions on how to pay.
• We will start to process your application when we receive all the information we need, including the full and correct application fee.
• The Overseas Investment team will not refund fees if an application is withdrawn, lapsed, or declined, or the Overseas Investment team finds that no consent was required.