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NZE: Skilled Migrant Category Visa: Full Service

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New Zealand Skilled Migrant Categoryallows all foreigners with essential skills to migrate and settle in New Zealand permanently. This program is a point’s based scheme that allows you to work in New Zealand with access to complete Labour market. The SMC residence visa is granted for 24 months initially and can be converted to a PR with ease after successfully settling in New Zealand.

This is a family visa where you are eligible to apply for your spouse and dependent children for a residence along with your application.

You can get your Citizenship after 5 years following your Permanent residence status.

Why New Zealand?

New Zealand has a modern, prosperous and developed market economy. New Zealand was ranked the 3rd "most developed" country in 2010 according to the United Nations Development Programme. New Zealand is heavily dependent on international trade.

New Zealand is a predominantly urban country, with 72 percent of the population living in 16 main urban areas and 53 percent living in the four largest cities of Wellington (capital city), Auckland, Christchurch, and Hamilton. New Zealand cities generally rank highly on international liveability measures. The country is facing skills shortages and the skilled migrant scheme plays the major role to meet their requirements. New Zealand has the finest category of Visa “Skilled Migrant Category” to bring skilled people from all the countries to come, live and work there.

To apply under the Skilled Migrant Category New Zealand, you must meet the basic requirements. You need to be aged 55 or under. You also have to meet the NZ standards of health, character, and English language proficiency.

You must meet at least 100 points to lodge your expression of interest. However, applications that meet 140 will get selected automatically.
Points will be granted for Age, skilled employment or Job offer in New Zealand, Recognized Qualifications, and Spouse recognized qualifications, bonus points for Qualifications& experience in Absolute skills shortage areas and identified future growth areas, close family or relative in New Zealand, Qualifications from New Zealand and additional years of experience from New Zealand.
If you do not have current employment or Job offer from New Zealand, must require to have experience in the areas of Absolute skills shortage or Comparable labor market countries to claim points on experience.
Every fortnight a POOL draw will happen and all selected applications will be sent invitations, an application for residence must be made within 4 months.
Based on the assessment a Residence visa (2 yrs. residence) or a Job Search visa (9 months) can be granted. Work to residence can be converted by updating the department with a Job offer.

Application Process

Basic Requirements to apply

To apply under the Skilled Migrant Category New Zealand, you must meet the basic requirements. You need to be aged 55 or under.

You also have to meet the NZ standards of health, character, and English language proficiency before you start the process.

Expression of Interest

This is the first step towards making an application. If you qualify and meet the required threshold points of 100-140, you can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI), in which you claim points for skills, experience, and other factors.

EOI pool and the pool draw

If you have claimed 100 points or more on your EOI, it goes into the Pool. Every fortnight, there is a pool draw and all selected EOI’s will get Invitation to apply.

All non-selected application can still remain in the pool for at least 6 months and can be sent invitations based on the requirement. If you are not receiving a response within the 6 months of application made date your application is considered as ceased.

Invitation to Apply

Once your EOI is drawn from the pool; NZ will examine it and if they find it credible, you will be send an Invitation to Apply (ITA). You will have to show proof of the claims made on your EOI.

Full assessment

The application for a residence visa must be made anytime within the 4 months from the date of invitation received in response to the EOI submitted.

Once they receive your application and documents towards the residence visa, they will start assessing your application for residence.

Fees:

Stages	Online Application	Paper Application
EOI	NZ$ 440	NZ$ 560
Qualification Assessment*
Pre Assessment	NZ$ 138
Full Assessment	NZ$ 746
Fee towards Application for Residence		USD1845
Migrant Levy**
For applicants aged five and over		NZ$ 310
For Applicants below the age of five		NZ$ 155

*If your qualifications are not listed in the recognized institutes exempted from assessment, you need a Pre-assessment result to file your EOI application and upon approval must get the International qualifications assessment completed. Visa4u will do this for you.

**If there are more than four people included in a single application, the migrant levy is only payable by the four oldest family members.

Process Time

Evaluation: 24 hours

Visa4u Process Time: Approx.3-4 weeks from date of submission of all documents

New Zealand Authorities Process Time (EOI application): 20-30 days after EOI pool draw.

Visa4u Process Time (Resident visa): Approx.3-4 weeks from date of submission of all documents

New Zealand Authorities Process Time (Residence visa application-SMC):6-12 months

Qualification Pre-assessment result: Process time will be 20-30 days.

International qualifications assessment: Process time: 35 to 40 days.

Visa4u Services and Fees

Use our professional services to apply for your New Zealand immigration.

Our terms & conditions are clear along with a transparent system & clear policies. We only accept applications that we are confident will be a success.

You have to first sign up for an evaluation & score 100 points or more before we accept your case.

Evaluation of your profile –Technical Evaluation based on your Age, Education, Recent work Experience ,family in New Zealand, spouse qualifications to ensure that you are eligible based on the points criteria.
NZ Qualifications Authority assessment (NZQA) –if applicable
Expression of Interest (EOI) Application
Full Assessment upon receiving EOI Invitation
Visa Application
Follow-up with the Immigration authority if required.
Regular Status Check of your application.
Assistance on getting the visa evidence.
Airport Pickup*
Accommodation Assistance*
Relocation Orientation
Job Search Assistance*

* These services are provided at an additional cost.

*Our Concierge Service and Post Landing Service will assist you at an additional cost.

Fee Schedule

Visa4u Service fee is Competitive & among the best you will find in the industry. At any given time, our state of the art Processing Center is processing over 5000 active cases from across the world. Our processes are standard & Process Consultants are the best in the world.

Our Prices are standard across all our offices. We guarantee that other than company offers & promotions, you will not be quoted a higher price & eventually pay a lower price. Prices are determined by the company & set for all clients, all offices & all cases. You know you are paying the right price – the same as all our 10000+ clients around the world.

NZE: Skilled Migrant Category Visa: Full Service

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