New Zealand Immigration Policy in 2020

New Zealand Immigration Policy in 2020

1, the occupational classification standard takes effect in the middle of the year.

The new version (the occupational classification standard used in New Zealand and Australia) introduced by Immigration New Zealand will be put into use after the middle of 2020. In this update, the grades of some positions have changed.

The related impacts of skilled migration in New Zealand include: for job applicants with higher levels, especially those who have been upgraded from Level4-5 to Level 1-3.

2. The salary threshold for skilled immigrants is about to increase.

From February 24, 2020, the salary threshold for skilled immigrants (SMC) in New Zealand was raised again: 1-3 occupation in the occupation list, and the corresponding salary threshold was NZD 25.50 per hour; For occupations in grades 4-5, the corresponding salary threshold is NZD 38.25 per hour. In addition, the standard will also apply to applications for basic skills work visas in New Zealand before mid-2020.

3. The new policy of labor signing will be gradually implemented.

Last year, the New Zealand government officially announced that it would implement major reforms on temporary work visas, with the focus on changing the way employers recruit overseas workers who take temporary jobs in New Zealand. These changes will be carried out in stages, and 202 1 will be fully launched.

In 2020, the new policy of labor signing will be further implemented. Behind the New Deal, the government wants to ensure that the recruitment of overseas workers is due to the real shortage of labor, so that employers can recruit skills and workers that meet their own needs, recognize the differences in labor markets in different regions and industries, encourage employers to hire more New Zealand locals, reduce the number of visa applications, and make the visa process smoother.

Further reading: New Zealand immigration major

1, education major

Teachers are a highly respected profession in New Zealand. Teachers' income is stable and there are continuous opportunities for salary increase.

Junior teachers can get a stable salary increase if they have no bad performance before 12 years. The starting salary of junior teachers when they enter the profession is also relatively high. According to statistics, with the increasing demand for educational knowledge, the talent gap of teachers will reach10 million in the next five years. At the same time, there is an abnormal shortage of kindergarten teachers, and the starting salary of kindergarten teachers in New Zealand is also very high.

Recommended institutions for studying in New Zealand for education majors: University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand Institute of Higher Education.

2.IT major

New Zealand's information technology is also very developed. Many students choose this major, on the one hand, because the starting salary of graduates majoring in information technology is relatively high, on the other hand, many information technology majors are listed as extra points for immigration.

Including software engineering, network engineering, information systems, e-commerce and other professional fields.

3. Business and accounting.

At present, the accounting profession is in short supply in the world, and there is a great demand for accounting graduates in New Zealand.

After systematically mastering the knowledge and skills of modern accounting, auditing, financial management and related fields, students have a wide range of employment, including state-owned enterprises, foreign companies, private enterprises, accounting departments, financial institutions, etc., and all of them are involved in insurance institutions. The accounting major in New Zealand is also an immigration major. Now certified public accountants studying in New Zealand can apply for immigration.

4. Legal major

New Zealand is known as the cleanest country in the world, with developed and clean laws, and law graduates also have good employment conditions and salary.

Legal profession is one of several professions introduced by New Zealand government immigrants.

Recommended institutions for studying in New Zealand for law majors: Auckland University, Canterbury University, Otago University and Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

5. Art design and film and television production.

New Zealand's art and culture come from various races, resulting in the combination of Maori, Europeans, Asians and Oceania.

New Zealand's art circle embodies this integration. Some of the most valuable paintings in New Zealand are portraits of Maori painted by Charles Gaudi in the19th century.

6. Nursing specialty

In New Zealand and even the whole world, nursing has always been regarded as a profession with great contribution and high return to human society.

At the same time, the hospital conditions in New Zealand are very different from those in China. The work of nurses in New Zealand is less than that in China, but the pay is higher. Nurses in western developed countries should not only help patients "take injections and take medicine", but also use various high-tech medical equipment to cooperate with doctors to conduct comprehensive diagnosis and care for patients.

Recommended institutions for nursing students studying in New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology, Waikato Institute of Technology, Oriental Institute of Technology, Otago Institute of Technology.

7. Tourism Hotel Major

According to the estimation of the New Zealand Tourism Association, with the global tourism industry growing at an annual rate of 6%. In the next few years, the demand for employees in New Zealand's tourism service industry will increase significantly.

Recommended institutions for studying abroad in New Zealand for tourism hotel major: Auckland University of Technology, Waikato University, southern institute of technology, New Zealand, and Central Institute of Technology, New Zealand.

8. Food science major

The specialty of food science has always been regarded as the vane of healthy human life in 2 1 century.

The adoption of new technologies and new processes in this major is the key to solve the problems of population growth and shortage of food resources, make full and sustainable use of natural resources, and produce high-quality, multi-variety and cheap food. At present, food safety has become the focus of global attention, and there is great room for development in this field. As we all know, New Zealand is a big country of food. Because the rapid development of food industry has promoted the improvement of food specialty, the development prospect of food specialty in New Zealand is very considerable.

Recommended institutions for studying in food science in New Zealand: University of Auckland, Massey University and University of Otago.

Further reading: New Zealand immigration model

First, entrepreneurial immigrants.

Entrepreneurial immigrants need to pass a scoring system, and the score is above 120. The contents of the survey mainly include the applicant's domestic business experience, the number of employees to be employed, and the investment in fixed assets. In essence, this scoring system examines the applicant's contribution to New Zealand, so applicants with high contribution will have a greater chance of passing the application. You also need to meet the basic language requirements of IELTS average score of 4, with more than 3 years of shareholder experience and more than 5 years of executive experience.

Judging from the application conditions of entrepreneurial immigrants in New Zealand, they are mainly aimed at people with ideas, young and promising business managers or businessmen with enterprises. The application conditions also include that the applicant has certain asset strength.

Second, invest in immigration.

Comparatively speaking, New Zealand investment immigrants have lower requirements for management experience, a little more than three years, lower requirements for IELTS, a little more than three points, but much higher requirements for assets. Ordinary investment immigrants require family assets of more than NZ $2.5 million, indicating that the legal source is NZ $6.5438+0.5 million, and they have invested in New Zealand for four years, while the requirements for high-investment immigrants are as follows

Third, immigrants studying abroad.

1. Studying in New Zealand, with high academic qualifications and shortage of industries, is the focus of extra points.

According to the news released by the New Zealand Embassy, this change in immigration policy is mainly to adjust the bonus point policy, especially to encourage extra points for highly educated and short-term majors.

Take graduate students as an example, you can get 55 points for academic qualifications, plus 5 points for academic qualifications above1June, plus 5 points for academic qualifications recognized by the state, plus 10 points for master, that is, 75 points and 30 points for age, which basically meets the bottom line of 100 points. If the applicant has completed the academic study of the skills shortage course in New Zealand, he can add 10 (previously only 5 points can be added).

In addition, the new adjustment has added some new bonus items, such as academic performance 5-10; If the applicant's spouse or colleague has a job contract in an industry in short supply, extra points will be given to the applicant 10-20.

2. To guide the professional shortage of international students.

According to the immigration policy, we can see that choosing a major with skills shortage and engaging in industries with skills shortage can get extra points, which provides good guidance for international students with immigration plans when choosing a major.

The new policy has announced more than 100 occupations that are currently in short supply in New Zealand. * * * For your reference, such as accountants, architects, hotel senior management, travel consultants, early education teachers, various engineers, agronomists, shipbuilders, IT, skilled workers (plumbers, welders, etc. ).

In addition, there is a positive factor in this immigration policy adjustment. In the past, applicants had to work in New Zealand for two years to gain extra points for their work experience. Now it only takes one year, and students can get 50 points if they find a job that matches their major after graduation.

3. Policy changes are beneficial to international students.

According to experts' analysis, New Zealand's immigration policy is usually adjusted once every four years, and there will be a small adjustment at ordinary times, but the overall trend is beneficial to international students.

4. The plan should pay attention to policy changes.

International students who intend to emigrate should make good plans and choose courses according to their future development. However, it is worth noting that there is a certain time lag between applying for studying abroad and immigrating to graduate, so they should be forward-looking when choosing their majors to cope with future policy changes.