On 13 August 2026 the Economic Daily News published an interview with us. One figure in it:one in three New Zealand investor cases from Taiwan is handled by Jomel.
This piece adds what the article didn't cover: how these cases actually get through, and where applicants most often stall.
What the article reported
As reported:
- A team including four IAA-licensed immigration advisers, a New Zealand High Court lawyer, and an Education New Zealand accredited adviser
- Registered with the National Immigration Agency in Taiwan
- Every application reviewed by two advisers
- Close to 200 New Zealand visas of all categories obtained for clients since the start of the year
- Investor cases among them accounting for about a third of Taiwan's total
- More than a hundred partner schools across primary, secondary, universities, language schools and polytechnics
The above is as reported by the Economic Daily News. TheAboutpage on this site carries licence numbers you can verify on the Immigration Advisers Authority public register.
Why investor cases concentrate here
What separates an investor visa from other categories is that it isan immigration matter and a financial one at once. The applicant isn't proving that they have the money, but where it came from, how, and that every step of it can be accounted for.
That is why we have a High Court lawyer on the team. The source-of-funds trail runs through company shareholdings, asset disposals and tax records — more than an immigration adviser alone can carry.
Two-person review matters most on cases like these.An investor file is several times the size of an ordinary visa application, and a single inconsistency can prompt an officer to ask for more information — each request costing weeks. Two advisers each read it through so the inconsistencies are found before it's filed.
The three things that hold applications up
1. How deep the source-of-funds evidence must go
The usual situation is that the money is genuinely theirs, but it goes back a long way and the older records are incomplete. INZ doesn't want a balance certificate; it wantsthe history of how the money was formed.
The four documents most often missing
2. Choosing between Growth and Balanced
Active Investor Plus has two categories, differing in the amount, the holding period and the days required in the country.
The decision isn't only about the size of the funds but about how the family will actually live — whether the children will be at school here, and whether the principal applicant can be away from the business at home for extended periods. Those two questions decide the category more often than the amount does.
The logic behind three family situations
3. What counts as an acceptable investment
Not every investment qualifies. It must fall within the types INZ recognises, and that range changes. What is acceptable is as published by Immigration New Zealand at the time.
Finding out whether it suits you
New Zealand immigration law allows only IAA-licensed advisers and lawyers to give immigration advice. Every piece of immigration advice from us is given after an adviser has assessed the case.
Further reading
Active Investor Plus: requirements and process
About Jomel: credentials, team and how we work
The policy described reflects public information as at the time of writing (August 2026). New Zealand immigration policy changes; the conditions that apply are those published by Immigration New Zealand, or as assessed by one of our licensed advisers. Nothing here is investment, legal or tax advice.