New Zealand Immigration Policy Latest 2023

New Zealand's skilled migration policy is as follows:

First, the basic conditions of skilled immigrants in New Zealand:

Age: under 56 years old

Education: equivalent to New Zealand's three-year higher education or above (domestic full-time undergraduate education).

Skills/Experience: Possess skills recognized by New Zealand or academic qualifications recognized by New Zealand.

English level: the average IELTS score is 6.5 (both A and G are acceptable).

Immigration score: 140 or above.

Health status: No major infectious diseases.

Personality: No criminal record in recent ten years, which does not constitute harm to New Zealand.

Two, New Zealand skilled immigrants score table is as follows:

1. Age 20 to 55 years old.

Age score

20 to 29 years old 30

30 to 39 years old 25

40 to 44 years old 20

45 to 49 years old 10

50 to 55 years old

Second, the academic qualifications include those recognized by New Zealand (New Zealand recognizes China bachelor's degree or above because New Zealand and China have signed a mutual recognition agreement on academic qualifications). If you are not sure whether your education is recognized, you can apply for NZQA assessment.

Educational score

Three-year college or university bachelor's degree

Master's and doctor's degrees 55

More than 2 years of New Zealand education (plus points) 10

Qualifications in future development fields or industries in short supply (extra points) 5

Recognition of spouse's academic qualifications (extra points) 10

3. Work experience (Note: If your experience needs to be registered in New Zealand, you must obtain New Zealand registration qualification to score).

Work experience score

2 years 10

4 years 15

6 years and 20 years

8 years and 25 years

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Work experience in New Zealand (plus points)

2 years 5

4 years 10

6 years or more 15

Future experience in identifying development areas or industries in short supply (extra points)

2 to 5 years

6 years or more 10

Employment skills: the applicant has obtained the skills employment guarantee from the New Zealand employer or has been engaged in skills work in New Zealand. The skills need to have professional, technical or management work experience, and the skills need to be directly related to the applicant's past education, or the work experience required for the skills is related to the applicant's past work experience, which is the main part of the applicant's past work experience.

Employment skill score

Have been engaged in technical work in New Zealand1more than 2 months 60

Obtaining technical employment guarantee from New Zealand employers or engaging in technical work in New Zealand for less than 12 months 50.

Other bonus points

The above-mentioned employment security or work belongs to the identified development field or shortage industry 5.

Working outside Auckland 10

Spouse has obtained employment guarantee in New Zealand or has worked in New Zealand 10.

When the total score is above 140, and the English (IELTS 6.5), moral character, physical health and other conditions are met, you can submit your intention to apply for immigration to the Immigration Bureau. The Immigration Bureau will put all applications into the "lottery pool", regularly select the one with the highest score for review, send an "invitation letter" to the applicant after confirmation, approve his immigration application, and then go through the relevant immigration procedures. If the application is not reviewed by the Immigration Bureau within 3 months, the application is invalid and the applicant needs to apply again. If the application has been reviewed by the Immigration Bureau, but it is considered that it is not qualified for immigration, the Immigration Bureau can issue a two-year work visa to the applicant's family, so that they can go to New Zealand to find a job first. As long as you find the above skills and work for more than three months, you can go through immigration procedures.

New Zealand benefits enjoyed by skilled immigrants in New Zealand

1), public medical care (including medical expenses, examination fees, hospitalization fees, and hiring Chinese translators, etc.), family doctors charge outpatient fees for common diseases, but the state is responsible for public or private medical care for children under six years old, and all expenses (including medicine fees) are free. Poor people see family doctors to reduce outpatient fees, and each medicine is only 3 yuan at most, and the extra expenses are borne by the state. /kloc-children under the age of 0/6 receive free dental treatment.

2) Delivery is free, and all expenses from pregnancy to delivery are borne by the state. The government encourages childbearing. Before each child reaches the age of 18, the government subsidizes parenting expenses every week, except for a sum of money. /kloc-Children over 0/8 can live independently and enjoy youth allowance.

3) Free primary and secondary education. National universities only need to pay a nominal low tuition fee, and they can enjoy the student allowance after two years of settlement. The amount needs to be subsidized according to the number of students' families and housing expenses, which is enough for the whole family.

4) After living for two years, you can enjoy all the benefits enjoyed by New Zealand citizens, such as unemployment benefits.

5) People who settled in Kloc-0/0 and reached the age of 65 can enjoy the government pension.

the basis of law

Article 9 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Exit and Entry Administration.

China citizens shall apply for passports or other travel documents when leaving or entering the country. China citizens who want to go to other countries or regions also need to obtain visas or other entry permits. However, unless the China government has signed visa exemption agreements with other governments or the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provide otherwise. China citizens who leave or enter the country as seafarers and work on foreign ships shall apply for a seaman's certificate according to law.