English Language requirements for skilled migrants

To be able to gain residence in New Zealand under the Skilled Migrant Category we require people to meet a minimum standard of English to ensure they have the best opportunity to settle successfully into work and life in New Zealand.

Our requirements apply differently depending on whether a person is:

• the principal applicant – the person completing the form
  or
• a non-principal applicant. Non-principal applicants include the partner and/or dependent children of the person completing the form.