The Minister of New Zealand has announced changes to the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa and Accredited Employer Work Visa.
Today the Minister of Immigration announced the new settings for the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa as well as a change to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) settings. These are being updated to help support New Zealand’s economic growth and to provide more certainty to migrants and employers.
From 9 October 2023, the current settings will be replaced with a simplified points system that sets a clear skills threshold for residents and offers several ways for people to demonstrate their skill level.
Upcoming changes include:
· a new points system
· skilled job or job offer requirements
· the number of applications that will be accepted and processing times, and
· a Skilled Migrant Category Interim Visa.
Some visa criteria and conditions are not changing. These are summarised in the section ‘Some requirements are not changing’.
New points system:
From 9 October 2023 you will need 6 points to apply for the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa.
You can claim 3 to 6 points from your:
· New Zealand occupational registration
· qualification (Bachelor’s degree or higher), or
· income from your job or job offer (earning at least 1.5 times the median wage in New Zealand).
You can only claim points from 1 of the above skill indicators. You cannot combine points from multiple skill indicators. For example you cannot combine points from your qualification with points from your New Zealand occupational registration.
You can also claim 1 point for each year of skilled work in New Zealand, up to a maximum of 3 points.
The points you claim from skilled work in New Zealand can be combined with points from your New Zealand occupational registration, qualification or income.
Wage thresholds are rates Immigration New Zealand (INZ) use to calculate entitlement to some visas. The wage threshold is the lowest amount you can be paid to be granted the visa, unless your role has an exemption.
We use wage thresholds as an indicator of the skill level of the job. The rates are updated regularly to keep up with inflation.
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