skilled migrant pack

the skilled migrant category

Formerly known as the General Skills Category, this is a points based system and is the most popular category for applicants seeking New Zealand residency.

• Are you aged between 20 - 55 (inclusive)?
  
• Are you, (and if applicable - your partner, and your children) all healthy?
  
• Are you, (and if applicable - your partner, and your children) free of major criminal convictions and not a security risk?
  
• Can you (and if applicable - your partner, and your children) competently speak, write and understand English?
  
• Have you been offered a job in New Zealand?
  
• Do you have a tertiary or trade qualification?
  
• Do you have at least two years work experience?

If you can answer YES to the first four questions above and YES to at least one of the last two questions and you would like to live in New Zealand then you should consider the Skilled Migrant Category and submitting your own Expression of Interest.

Your personalised NZ Immigration Pack for the Skilled Migrant Category will be posted to you via your choice of International delivery and will arrive in a document wallet. Please note that due to the hefty size and weight of each pack the international shipping cost is considerably high, which is why the price of this has been incorporated into the price of the pack. Included in your Immigration Pack...

Self Assessment Guide for Residence in New Zealand
This NZIS guide provides information on immigration requirements you need to meet to be able to live in New Zealand. Guiding you through the self-assessment process, this is required reading for anyone considering migrating to New Zealand under the Skilled/Business, Family Sponsored and International/Humanitarian streams. The Self-Assessment guide will make it possible for you to determine if you will meet the criteria before deciding if you would like to submit your own application for immigration.

Guide to Immigration New Zealand's Fees
This leaflet will give you information on the fees that Immigration New Zealand charges for processing your application/registration, who has to pay fees, and how you can pay.

Long Term Skill Shortage List
This booklet is a detailed appendix listing occupational groups, occupations, long-term skill shortage list and qualifications required, along with specifications in order to claim bonus points for qualifications in an area of absolute shortage under the Skilled Migrant Category.

International Qualifications Guide
Direct from the NZIS Website, a printed list for your country of schooling so you can determine if your overseas qualification(s) are recognised by the NZIS, and if so, how many points you will obtain for your qualification(s).

Expression of Interest Guide
The NZIS guide to help you understand and fill out an Expression of Interest form. Contents include information about the Skilled Migrant Category, important things you need to know, filling out the expression of interest form, the next step, summary of terms and list of terms.

Expression of Interest Form
If you are interested in applying for immigration to New Zealand as a skilled migrant and you have the skills New Zealand requires, then completing this Expression of Interest form is your first step.

English Language Information
This leaflet will give you information on how well you must speak and understand English for a residence visa/permit, or a long-term business visa. The NZIS call this the 'minimum standard of English'. It will tell who must meet the minimum standard, what it is, and what you must do to meet it. It will also tell you what you can do if people in your family do not meet the minimum standard.

Medical & Chest X-Ray Certificate
Official New Zealand Immigration Service document to be completed by an approved Panel Doctor and Radiologist for each person applying for a visa to come to New Zealand.

Health Requirements Leaflet
This leaflet will give you information on the health requirements you must meet to be granted a visa to travel to New Zealand, or a permit to remain in New Zealand.

Top Internet Contacts
New Zealand ImmigrationFor those that want to surf the Web and find out all the information they can get their eyes on before arriving in New Zealand. Our own personally compiled booklet coverw all the top New Zealand Websites for airline operators, banks, education, employment and job sites, financial, health, real estate, mobile telephone companies, online newspapers, search engines, relocation agencies (furniture removal), shopping, sport, recreation, transportation, weather and telephone companies.

How to obtain a Police Certificate
Specific country procedures supplied by the NZIS.

List of Panel Doctors & Radiologists
Contact information from NZIS for panel doctor(s) and/or radiologist(s) in your country.

Pictorial New Zealand
This premier New Zealand bestseller features stunning New Zealand photographs by Warren Jacobs. Covering all of New Zealand, this informative book introduces you to each area of New Zealand, covering the highlights for each area - perfect if you are yet to decide which area of New Zealand will suit your new lifestyle.

Berlitz Pocket Guide to New Zealand
The world's best-selling travel guide is full of useful information about New Zealand, including information on New Zealand and its people, a brief history of the country, top places to go in Auckland, Northland, Bay of Islands, Central North Island, Wellington, Nelson and Marlborough, South Island's West Coast, Christchurch, Mt Cook National Park, Queenstown, Fiordland, Dunedin and the Far South. Also handy information on shopping, sports and entertainment, eating out, handy travel tips and guide to hotels and restaurants.

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Arrival - The Guide to New Zealand
A seasonal magazine, which is always full of valuable information for visitors and new migrants, this magazine is a popular read with all our staff, including the vouchers and special offers worth more than $2000.00 in each issue! Regular features include important general information about transport, accommodation, food, shopping, and recreational activities, while information on things to see and do in regions such as Northland, Auckland, Waiheke, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Whakatane, Rotorua, Taupo, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Nelson, West Coast, Canterbury, Otago, Queenstown and Southland. Great Immigration and business articles are also included.

New Zealand Travel & Touring Map
The award winning company Kiwimaps has compiled this fabulous pocket map, which includes maps for central Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Invercargill, Nelson, Picton, Queenstown, Rotorua and Wellington. There is also an extensive North Island and South Island map with travelling distances and times.

Personalised Information
Tell us what New Zealand town or city you are interested in living in and we will include a visitor information booklet on that area for you.