English speaking background
You can meet English language requirements by showing you have an English speaking background.
Apply for a visa
- Tools and information for meeting criteria
English language
Many visa categories have English language requirements. Find out how your English language background may allow you to meet the language requirements for other visa categories and how your family can pre-purchase English language lessons that they'll go to when they arrive in New Zealand.
Learning English in New Zealand
Pre-purchasing English language tuition is an option available (mainly for family members over the age of 16 years) to help meet our English language requirements.
Skilled Migrant Category English requirements
The Skilled Migrant Category English language requirements must also be met by people applying for Global Impact work visas and Silver Fern Job Search work visas.
Acceptable English language test results
Some visas have English language requirements, which you can meet by providing English language test results. Here are the required results for those visas.
Turkish universities that offer English language tuition
A list of Turkish universities that offer tuition in English - if you have a qualification from one of these universities you can use it as evidence of your English-speaking ability when applying for a Turkey Working Holiday Visa.