Movement of Natural Persons  
     
 

The AANZFTA provides rights and obligations to facilitate the movement of natural persons engaged in the conduct of trade and investment between the Parties. It aims to establish streamlined and transparent procedures for applications for immigration formalities for the temporary entry of natural persons.

Each Party has provided a schedule of specific commitments in Annex 4 (Schedules of Movement of Natural Persons Commitments), to measures affecting the temporary entry of natural persons of a Party into the territory of another Party. These schedules shall specify the conditions and limitations governing those commitments, including the length of stay, for each category of natural persons included in each Party’s schedule of commitments. The list may include:

a. Business visitors
b. installers and servicers;
c. executives of a business headquartered in a Party establishing a branch or subsidiary, or other commercial presence of that business in another Party;
d. intra-corporate transferees; or
e. contractual service suppliers.

The AANZFTA shall not apply to natural persons seeking access to the employment market of another Party, nor shall it apply to citizenship, residence or employment on a permanent basis.

Each Party shall grant temporary entry or extension of temporary stay provided those natural persons follow prescribed application procedures for the immigration formality sought and meet all relevant eligibility requirements for entry to the granting Party.