Immigration Update: Digital nomads in New Zealand

18th February 2025

On 27 January, the government announced changes to allow travellers to New Zealand on a visitor visa to work remotely for overseas-based employers or undertake overseas-based self-employment while in New Zealand. These changes apply to all visitors, including:

 

  • People who are travelling on a passport from a visa waiver country who require an electronic travel authority
  • Tourists
  • People visiting family
  • Partners and guardians on longer-term visitor visas

 

These changes mean that visitors can stay in New Zealand as a digital nomad and keep in touch with work back home, without breaching their visa conditions.

 


Sarah Caulton, Senior Associate
sarah@mcmillanco.nz