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Essential Skills Work Category

Essential Skills Work Category offers you the opportunity to have a temporary work visa only if you can prove thay you have a genuine and appropriate job offer from a right employer acceptable by Immigration New Zealand.
Who can apply?

To be eligible for temporay work visa under Essential Skills Work Category you must:

  • have the skill level of an occupation (ranging from skill level one for the highest skilled positions, to skill level five for the lowest skilled) under ANZSCO (Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations); and
  • do tasks and duties normally undertaken in a given occupation; and
  • have the level of the qualification and/or amount of work experience required to work in a given occupation; and
  • most importantly, have a job offer which must come from a New Zealand employer who can prove Immigration New Zealand that there are no suitable New Zealand workers available to do the job.
Page Last Updated: 8 Oct 2015


Wish to know if you are eligible for Essential Skills Work Visa?

Once you successfully submit the questionnaire form you will be asked for the payment of our service for Detailed assessment. Upon the payment is completed we will be able to start review your case and prepare the report. The report will be sent to you by email.

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