New Zealand
Skilled Migration
Visa

First, complete our online NZ Visa application form. Once completed, one of our consultants will contact you and check to see if you will pass the points test.

If you pass the points test we will submit your first stage application. This will be sent to immigration for assessment. You will be notified within 3 months whether or not you are selected. If selected, a preliminary check will be made with the people and organisations listed in your first stage application. If this information proves to be credible you will be sent a final stage application.

This must be returned to us along with passport photos, the documentation requested and the applicable fees.

Chat live online with our staff if you have any questions about your NZ Visa application.

Yes. A surprisingly large number of applicants are unaware of how strictly New Zealand’s immigration regulations are enforced and are often unnecessarily refused or delayed due to technical errors on their application or by submitting the wrong supporting documentation. As experts in migration visas, Visa First can provide you with the advice and support needed to make the best application possible.

Register online for your New Zealand Skilled Visa today.

To apply for a New Zealand Skilled Migrant Visa you will need you provide:

• Your passport
• Your Birth Certificate
• Evidence of your English language ability.
• Evidence of a recognised qualification.
• Evidence of skilled work experience.
• Evidence of a skilled job offer (if applicable).
• Evidence of current skilled employment.

Also the following if applicable:

• Marriage Certificate
• Custody documentation (for any children where applicable).
• Police Certificates (for all applicants under 17 years of age).
• Medical/X-ray certificates

Usually you must arrive in New Zealand within one year from the date of your medical tests or police certificates, which occur during the processing of your second stage application. So, if you deduct part of the official processing time, you will generally be left with 6 to 12 months to land in New Zealand.

A skilled occupation is one that requires significant specialist, technical or management expertise obtained through:

• The completion of recognised qualifications; or
• Work experience that has enabled you to gain a comparable level of skill to that which would have been gained through the completion of a relevant recognised qualification; or
• Work experience in which that expertise was a key component.

These are the major groups of skilled occupations:

- Major Group 1 (Legislators, administrators and managers)
- Major Group 2 (Professionals)
- Major Group 7 (Trades workers)
- Major Group 3 (Technicians and Associate Professionals)

Visa First is the only company with an online visa status engine through which you can check the status of your New Zealand Visa application 24/7. Check your visa status here.

Thousands of customers every year choose Visa First to organise their migration visas because:

• We make getting the visa you need fast and hassle-free.
• We are the only company with an online visa status engine which allows you to check the status of your visa 24/7. Check your visa status now.
• We’re visa experts and have organised over 130,000 visas for people like you.
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• We don’t just do visas, we sort out everything you’ll need overseas – from accommodation, bank accounts, airport pick up, jobs and much more.

Apply online for your NZ Visa with Visa First today.

Visa First makes sure you can start working and getting paid as soon as you get to New Zealand. Our partner Traveltowork can start organising your New Zealand bank account before you leave home which means you can transfer money in advance and access it as soon as you arrive. Apply for your NZ bank account today.

To work in New Zealand, you will need a New Zealand Tax Number – called an Inland Revenue Department (IRD) number. Without an IRD number you will pay tax at the emergency rate of 48%. The Visa First NZ Taxsaver Pack gives you step-by-step instructions for getting your NZ IRD number fast so you can start earning and pay tax at the normal rate of 29%. Apply for a New Zealand Taxsaver Pack today.