{"id":42710,"date":"2023-06-21T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T00:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/?p=42710"},"modified":"2023-10-19T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:49:54","slug":"skilled-migrant-category-pathway-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/news\/skilled-migrant-category-pathway-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Migrant Category pathway announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New settings will be introduced for the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa from 9 October 2023, resulting in a simplified points system for skilled workers.<\/p>\n<p>With no cap on highly skilled workers, there will be a six-point system to provide clear criteria and a pathway to residence for skilled migrants. All migrants applying for the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) will have a pathway based on occupational registration, recognised qualifications, or income.<\/p>\n<p>The diagram below illustrates the six-point system with the number of points determining the years of work required before applying for a Skilled Migrant Category visa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42712\" src=\"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/INZ-diagram-300x180.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Under the new system, all SMC applicants must have a job offer for, or current employment in, a role paid at least:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the median wage for occupations classified at ANZSCO skill level 1-3, or<\/li>\n<li>5 times the median wage for occupations classified at ANZSCO skill level 4-5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are some requirements that are <u>not changing<\/u> and these include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character requirements<\/li>\n<li>Health requirements<\/li>\n<li>English language requirements<\/li>\n<li>Age requirements (you must be 55 years or under to apply)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will be no cap on the number of people who can gain residence if they meet the skills threshold and Immigration New Zealand aims to approve SMC applications within 6-8 weeks if all details are provided and the application is straight forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There will still be two EOI selections under the current SMC policy, and we would advise anyone who is on a temporary visa to get in touch for an eligibility assessment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For any questions regarding this update, compliance concerns, or any further immigration matters, please contact Arno Nothnagel, our NZ Immigration Director, <a href=\"mailto:Arno.Nothnagel@absoluteimmigration.com\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simplified points system for skilled workers applying for the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa will be introduced from 9 October 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[26,133,68,134],"class_list":["post-42710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-aewv","tag-skilled-migrant-category-pathway","tag-skilled-migrant-category-resident-visa-smc","tag-skilled-migrant-category-visa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}