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kclewis
Testing The Water
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 2
Location: Hereford UK
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:31 am Post subject: Buying & running a Motel |
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Hi, does anyone know the regulations on buying a motel, and what size would you need to make a living?
I am an electrical engineer in a brewery, with 30 years experience, my wife has qualifications in horticulture and caring. We have just come back from a stay in NZ and really fell in love with it, what a wonderful country, and lifestyle.
We have friends over there in Palmerston North, who have been there since 1972 and have made a great life for themselves, we would love to emigrate.
We were thinking about the option of buying a motel and making a go of that, and with the fallback of finding work as an engineer.
Is it possible to gain entry to run a business, if you have no real business experience, apart from being a landlord for several years?
A lot of questions I know, but we have more!
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wilson182
I Like It Here
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 91
Location: half in UK - half in NZ
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Jamie Smith
NZ Business Planners Ltd
www.businessplans.co.nz
We are LTBV specialists
Try looking here. Jamie quite often contributes to this form, and has a pretty good idea of whats going on. |
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Graham Barnes
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Joined: 23 Nov 2003
Posts: 107
Location: Shrewsbury
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Although I'm not expert on the Business Visa side of things, I don't think you are allowed to just buy and take over an NZ business any more. I think you have to have run a similar business in your home country, and can prove that you could be able to hire a certain number of NZ-ers.
We visited NZ a year ago, and stayed in loads of motels...it seemed that most of them were run by Brits who had moved over some years ago!!However I think this is now longer possible
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Jamie Smith
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Joined: 18 Jan 2004
Posts: 104
Location: Auckland and Melbourne
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Correct.
NZIS require previous industry experience and business ownership history.
Without biz control evidence, you'll struggle to meet LTBv policy.
| Graham Barnes wrote: | Although I'm not expert on the Business Visa side of things, I don't think you are allowed to just buy and take over an NZ business any more. I think you have to have run a similar business in your home country, and can prove that you could be able to hire a certain number of NZ-ers.
We visited NZ a year ago, and stayed in loads of motels...it seemed that most of them were run by Brits who had moved over some years ago!!However I think this is now longer possible
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kclewis
Testing The Water
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 2
Location: Hereford UK
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: |
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Thank you all for the quick replies, looks like I will have to look at plan number 2 then, try to get in by the engineering route.
This really is a very useful and informative web site.
Thanks again Keith. |
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