A Work To Residence Visa will enable you to work in New Zealand for a period of up to 3 years and can be organized in just 3 weeks depending on the application. You can apply for Permanent residency within 2 years of working on this visa.

You will be sponsored directly by your employer. The company would then be your sponsor. Note that your employer will also need to be eligible to sponsor. Migraiton.ie will check that the employment position is approved.

Migration.ie will give a free assessment of your New Zealand employer’s eligibility to sponsor.

Your position must be consistent with the position description lodged with INZ at the time of your sponsorship. If your position is to change, we must first seek approval from INZ by the lodgement of a new position description.

If the new position is outside your initial position description at the time of your sponsorship or you wish to change employer, you will need to lodge a new visa application

No. Migration.ie  will assess your eligibility for a visa for free, which will be based on many criteria including qualifications and work experience. We will need a letter of job offer and a detailed copy of your CV. We will not apply for your visa unless we are confident that you are eligible.

Less than 56 years.

No, any nationality can apply, once they have an approved job offer.

The following documents are required for the Assessment stage of your Sponsorship visa application:

1. A genuine job offer from a New Zeland employer, who is willing to sponsor you;

NB: Your letter of offer/ employment contract should be stating:

• Company Business and Trading Names,
• Company contact details (postal address, telephone/ fax numbers, etc.);
• Title of the job position, as well as description of the occupation to be filled, including skill and qualification requirements and details of the tasks that will be performed in the position;
• Period of employment and working hours (not less than 40 hours per week);
• Base salary and total remuneration package offered per annum  Base salary is the gross salary paid, excluding any additional payments or allowances such as superannuation, accommodation, bonuses, commissions, shares, meals and vehicles).

2. Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Please send us an updated copy of your CV, including:

• Certified* copies of any education and training certificates/ diplomas held, as well as any other evidence of qualifications obtained, relevant to your job offer;
• Certified* copies of employer references;
• Full employment history, including information for each employer/ position:
• Employer's name;
• Position held / name of occupation;
• Date started;
• Date finished;
• Duties, tasks, responsibilities - required and performed on this position.

*To certify your documents you need to visit registered Justice of the Peace attorney in order to certify the copies of the documents requested. On the copies, the Justice of the Peace must put date, sign and stamp, as well as his/ her name and contact details.

On receipt of the above documents we will contact you to confirm your assessment results and to advise you upon the next step of your visa application. Additional documentation requirements will follow.

A Chest X-ray and/or Medical examination will be a part of your Sponsorship visa application. Please do not pass any health examinations in advance! There is a strict procedure related to all health examinations and you will be notified of this procedure in details at a later stage.

• Company Business and Trading Names,
• Company contact details (postal address, telephone/ fax numbers, etc.);
• Title of the job position, as well as description of the occupation to be filled, including skill and qualification requirements and details of the tasks that will be performed in the position;
• Period of employment and working hours (not less than 40 hours per week);
• Base salary and total remuneration package offered per annum. Base salary is the gross salary paid, excluding any additional payments or allowances such as superannuation, accommodation, bonuses, commissions, shares, meals and vehicles).

• Your full contact details;
• Your education history;
• Your fluency in English, written and spoken;
• CV should be at least 1 page and no longer than four.

Please also attach:

• Certified* copies of any education and training certificates/ diplomas held, as well as any other evidence of qualifications obtained, relevant to your New Zealand job offer;
• Certified* copies of employer references;
• Full employment history, including information for each employer/ position:
• Employer's name;
• Position held / name of occupation;
• Date started;
• Date finished;
• Duties, tasks, responsibilities - required and performed on this position.

• If you have tertiary qualifications, then a MINIMUM of 1 year experience relevant to the nominated position is required.
• If the tertiary qualification is less than a degree (i.e. diploma or certificate) then the MINIMUM experience required will be at least 2-3 years.
• If there is no tertiary qualification, a MINIMUM of 5 years experience relevant to the nominated position is required. This also depends on NZ Standard Classification of Occupations as to what is actually required of prospective applicants, according to what it deems as the qualification requirement of the position that is nominated. .

All relevant employment experience must be evidenced via references from previous employers.

Certificates (e.g. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Cisco Training, Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Training) do NOT equate to a formal qualification. The certificate courses referred to vary in duration. You may be able to tally the duration of each and come up with something meaningful. It would depend on each case, the level of experience combined with what you have. A couple of those certificates with 2 years experience may not suffice.

The issue of a  visa is discretionary and depends on examination of each individual case. Though Migration.ie have priority processing with INZ enabling finalising a visa application in 6-8 weeks, processing periods may vary beyond this period. Please note that insufficient information from either yourself or your sponsoring employer may result in additional delays or visa refusal.

Yes. You do not have to be offshore to apply.

Spouse, de-facto and dependants of visa holders under this category are able to work and study during their stay in New Zealand. Spouses and dependants, however, may incur education/tuition costs for any study undertaken in New Zealand. You should contact the relevant education provider about such costs. You should note that under State legislation, school-age dependants may be required to attend school while in New Zealand. Dependants studying at tertiary level attract the same fees as those which apply to overseas students.

A dependant is a member of the family unit of the visa applicant. This may include the spouse/ partner of the applicant, any dependent children (under 18 years of age) or some other dependent relative.

Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will not be able to receive a refund of the application charge.

If your visa application is refused, you may apply for a review of the decision. You will be notified of your review rights in writing. You will also be advised how to apply for a review and the time limits for lodging such an application.

Make sure you print and keep a copy of your visa approval letter. You should discuss health insurance arrangements with your sponsor.

contact our office for further information.