<p>  New Zealand's business immigration program in early 2017 has undergone a major upgrade. The conditions for obtaining investor visas in the island state were revised in the direction of tightening. In particular, the minimum amount of investments has grown.</p><p>  To tighten the conditions for registration of the right to permanent residence in return for foreign entrepreneurs investment (with the subsequent registration possibility for a second citizenship), the New Zealand authorities decided against the backdrop of a growing desire to acquire a New Zealand investor visa.</p><p>  The local business immigration program is a very interesting solution for foreigners planning to New Zealand moving for live and work, developing their business in the Asia-Pacific region. Investors are invited to choose from two visas at the stage of application.</p><p>  And recently, especially high demand for investor visas is observed by American subjects. So, earlier it became known about the successful registration of the New Zealand second citizenship by the billionaire Peter Tile, who is one of the "PayPal" founders and the holder of a large package for Facebook securities. The number of applicants from among Americans who wished to acquire New Zealand citizenship from November 8, 2016 to January 31, 2017, grew by as much as 70 percent year on year (that is, in relation to the period from November 8, 2015 to January 31, 2016).</p><p>  With a successful combination of circumstances and a certain skills set, Americans can have the right to participate in the New Zealand program Looksee Wellington, through which the authorities of the island country are trying to attract qualified and experienced foreign technical experts.</p><p>  In general, New Zealand seems quite friendly to the Americans state - at least on the Internet. </p><p>  But life on a beautiful island has also drawbacks. There is the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and the US lies. The country shares a distance of of 6 thousand miles. And a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Oakland will take you about 13 hours. This excludes for Americans resettled in New Zealand any opportunity to quickly fly to the "big land" on the weekend to see their loved ones.</p><p>  But statistics about the growing interest of Americans towards New Zealand citizenship fades in comparison, say, with a sharp jump in their interest in Canadian residency and citizenship. So, an avalanche of traffic from US users in the direction of the site of the Immigration Office of Canada after the November victory Trump simply knocked down this site. Resource went offline for a long time due to the fact that tens of thousands clients devices appealed to it almost simultaneously. Canadian officials servers simply were not ready for this influx of traffic.</p><p>  According to the Migrant Policy statistics, the most popular countries for immigrants from America are Mexico (877 thousand people moved to this state) and Canada (343 thousand people). According to the Migrant Policy website, there are only 22,000 American emigrants in New Zealand. This is more than, say, in Argentina (5 thousand) and North Korea (1 thousand). But New Zealand is still inferior to many more popular countries, such as Japan (50,000), Spain (40,000) and Great Britain (212,000).</p><p>  Nevertheless, New Zealand has many attractive features. And with its shortcomings, you can accept it. But for this you will need effort and energy. And remember that after moving to this country you will be virtually isolated from friends and family.</p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em> If you have any questions, feel free to ask them to <strong>Castle Castle Office</strong> specialists! Write us at:</em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em> </em><em><strong><em><span face="Calibri" size="3"><span lang="EN-US"><span face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="mailto:info@castle-familyoffice.sg">info@castle-familyoffice.s<span style="text-decoration: underline;">g</span></a></span></span></span></em></strong></em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>