“Larry Page submitted an software for residence underneath the Investor Plus Category on 3 November 2020,” Immigration New Zealand mentioned in an e-mailed assertion on Saturday.
“As he was offshore on the time his software was not capable of be processed due to Covid-19 restrictions. As soon as Mr. Web page entered New Zealand his software was capable of be processed and it was permitted on 4 February 2021.”
The visa requires candidates to have NZ$10 million ($7 million) to put money into New Zealand over a three-year interval, in response to an announcement on the immigration web site.
New Zealand closed its borders to guests firstly of the pandemic, aside from on-and-off journey bubble with Australia. The nation permits solely a restricted variety of returnees, requiring them to spend two weeks in a government-run quarantine facility.
Along with snap and strict lockdowns and excessive compliance with public well being guidelines, the closed borders have helped hold Covid-19 out of the Pacific nation. There have been solely 2,524 confirmed instances of the coronavirus to this point.
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When requested within the parliament earlier this week on what grounds Web page was allowed entry into the nation whereas the borders have been closed, Well being Minister Andrew Little mentioned it adopted a medical emergency software for Web page’s son to be evacuated from Fiji in early January.
“It met all the usual situations of a medical emergency requiring a medical evacuation from the Islands, and each requirement and regulation that was in place in relation to medevacs and in relation to COVID-19 was complied with,” Little mentioned, in response to a transcript on the parliament’s web site.