See the Moscow branch Skilled Migrant Category information sheet PDF [20KB] for general information about the Skilled Migrant Category.
Applications for residence under the Skilled Migrant Category are processed by London branch.
The key way to ensure there is no delay to your application is to make sure your application is complete when you lodge it with Immigration New Zealand. If your application is not complete, it will fail our lodgement criteria and be returned to you.
Please use the checklists below to help you fill in your application form.
Moscow – Family residence visa checklist PDF [66KB]
Moscow – Guardian visa checklist PDF [119KB]Moscow – Returning resident's visa checklist PDF [62KB]Moscow – Student visa checklist PDF [121KB]Moscow – Transit visa checklist PDF [114KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa checklist (tourism, visitors) PDF [119KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa checklist for business visitors and conference delegates PDF [114KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa checklist for sportspeople and support staff PDF [168KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa (short-term study less than three months) checklist PDF [119KB]Moscow – Visitor's or work partnership visa checklist PDF [120KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa crew joining vessel checklist PDF [115KB]Moscow – Work visa checklist PDF [120KB]
Moscow – Work visa group foreign fishing crew checklist PDF [118KB]Moscow – Work visa performance groups on tour checklist PDF [106KB]
Moscow – Family residence visa checklist PDF [211KB]
Moscow – Guardian visa checklist PDF [227KB]Moscow – Student visa checklist PDF [205KB]Moscow – Transit visa checklist PDF [218KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa checklist (tourism, visitors) PDF [247KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa for business visitors and conference delegates checklist PDF [215KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa checklist for sportspeople and support staff PDF [228KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa (short-term study less than three months) checklist PDF [225KB]Moscow – Visitor's or work partnership visa checklist PDF [236KB]Moscow – Visitor's visa for crew joining vessel checklist PDF [217KB]
Moscow – Work visa checklist PDF [226KB]Moscow – Work visa group foreign fishing crew checklist PDF [224KB]Moscow – Work visa performance groups on tour checklist PDF [217KB]
When applying to travel over Christmas and New Year, please allow an extra month for processing. The checklists above advise the general processing times.