Skilled Migrant Category: additional selection criteria maintained

The additional criteria for selecting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from the Skilled Migrant Category Pool (the Pool) until 31 January 2010 have been set. The criteria will remain the same as in the previous six month period.

These criteria are applied when there are places available in the Pool after all applicants who score between 100 and 140 points and have a New Zealand job or job offer have been selected. When this happens, other EOIs may be selected on the basis of specific criteria which the Minister of Immigration sets every six months. 

The additional selection criteria are:

• EOIs that include 15 points for work experience in an area of absolute skills shortage (in descending order of their points total); 
  
• EOIs that include 10 points for work experience in an area of absolute skills shortage (in descending order of their points total); 
  
• EOIs that include 10 points for a qualification in an area of absolute skills shortage (in descending order of their points total); 
  
• the points total of EOIs not meeting any of the above criteria.

For full details, see Amendment Circular 2009-09 PDF [17KB].