Medical and x-ray certificates for existing Essential Skills Work Visa applications
Instructions for existing Essential Skills Work Visa applicants if you are asked to upload a medical or a chest X-ray certificate even if you have provided one before.
Health
- Acceptable standard of health criteria for visa approvals
- Evidence you are in good health
- Who needs an X-ray or medical examination
- Getting an X-ray or medical examination
- Find a radiologist or doctor near you
- Identity documents for x-rays and medical examinations
- Finding your eMedical and INZ health case reference numbers
- What we do with your x-ray and examination results
- Countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis
- Working holiday visa medical requirements
- Medical and x-ray certificates for existing Essential Skills Work Visa applications
- Getting public health care in New Zealand
- Medical waivers for visa applications
The Essential Skills Work Visa closed to new applications on 4 July 2022
This information is for applicants who submitted an application before 4 July, and partners and dependent children of existing Essential Skills Work Visa holders.
The updated work visa application form is requiring some people applying for Essential Skills work visas, or their partners and dependent children, to upload medical or chest x-ray certificates, even if they provided these certificates with a previous visa application, and they are currently in New Zealand.
If this affects you, you may upload a statement.
What your statement must include
Your statement must:
- confirm the statement replaces the upload for a medical or chest x-ray certificate requested by the application form
- state the type of visa you are applying for - either an Essential Skills work visa, or, a visa as the partner or dependent child of an Essential Skills work visa holder or applicant
- confirm you do not have to provide a medical certificate with your visa application because you provided this certificate with a previous visa application
and/or
- Confirm you do not have to provide a chest x-ray certificate with your visa application because you have provided this certificate with a previous visa application.
The statement needs to be signed and dated by you (or by your parent or legal guardian if you are under 18 years of age).
A statement is required by each principal applicant. Please do not use one statement for the whole family.
If you are including a dependent child under 18 years of age on your partnership-based visitor visa application you can include them on the same statement.
Example of a statement
You can use this as a template for your statement.
To Immigration New Zealand:
This document replaces the upload for a medical or chest x-ray certificate requested on my application form.
I confirm I do not have to provide a medical or chest x-ray certificate with my visa application because [use that which applies]:
- I am applying for an Essential Skills work visa and I have provided a medical or chest x-ray certificate with a previous visa application
OR
- I am applying for a visa as the partner or dependent child of an Essential Skills work visa holder or applicant and I have provided a medical or chest x-ray certificate with a previous visa application
AND (if applicable)
- I am including a dependent child under 18 years of age on my partnership-based visitor visa and they have provided a medical or chest x-ray certificate with a previous visa application.
Full Name:
Signed:
(or if applicable) Signature of parent or guardian if applicant is under 18 years of age:
Date:
(If applicable) If you are including your dependent children under 18 years of age on a partnership-based visitor visa application, write the full name of each child below: