This visa is for people who have been employed in New Zealand by an accredited employer for more than 2 years. If you have ongoing employment with an accredited employer and you earn at least the minimum salary that was in place when you applied for your Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa, you may be eligible for this resident visa.
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The criteria and evidence below will provide you with the information you need to meet the requirements of this visa.
You must provide proof of your identity
Also provide a copy of your Identity card.
You must be of good character
If you are 17 or over, you must provide a police certificate from:
Police Certificates must be less than 6 months old when you apply.
If you provide a police certificate that is not in English, you must provide an English translation.
This includes police certificates that record no convictions.
You must be in good health
You must have a chest x-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.
To apply for residence, you must have been employed by an accredited employer for 24 months or more
You must hold a Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa and have held that visa for at least 24 months.
Employment must be with an employer who is not included on the list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Labour Inspectorate.
Your employment must also be ongoing. Ongoing employment is:
If you want to apply for residence earlier, you may wish to apply for residence under the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC). Use the SMC points indicator within the SMC Visa to check if you may be eligible to apply.
If you no longer work for an accredited employer, you must have varied your visa to allow this new employment. We’ll check our records to confirm this has happened.
To apply for residence, you must be earning at least NZD $55,000 a year (before tax), or NZD $79,560 if you applied for your Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa on or after 7 October 2019
When you apply for residence, you must provide a Summary of Earnings from Inland Revenue confirming your earnings.
The minimum earnings must exclude any allowances like over-time, tool or uniform allowances, medical insurance, and accommodation.
If you are earning NZD $90,000 or more and you applied for your Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa before 7 October 2019, we may grant you a permanent resident visa.
You may need New Zealand registration
You must have full or provisional registration, if it’s needed to work in your occupation in New Zealand.
To apply for residence, you must be in New Zealand
We’ll check our records to confirm your location.
Your family must meet the requirements for a resident visa
You can include your partner and dependent children in your application for a resident visa.
You must provide evidence:
Partnership
Dependent children
English language test results for residence from work
If your partner or dependent children have, or applied for, a New Zealand temporary entry visa based on their relationship with you, you must include them in your residence application.
Your family must be able to speak English
Your partner and any dependent children aged 16 or over you include in your residence application must meet a minimum standard of English. Evidence can include proof they:
Acceptable English language test results for residence from work
English language test results must be no more than 2 years old.
It’s OK if your partner and children over 16 don’t speak English, but you’ll have to pay for English language classes before we can approve your residence application. Then they can learn when they arrive in New Zealand.
The information below will help you understand the process, timeframes and costs involved in applying for this visa, so you can plan ahead and have the best chance of submitting a complete application.
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Once granted a resident visa, you can work for anyone you like, in any occupation you like.
Once granted a resident visa, you can do any study you like.
You can travel in and out of New Zealand as often as you like until your travel conditions expire.
To travel after that, you will need to apply for and be granted either:
Your travel conditions will expire 2 years from the date you first arrive in New Zealand as a resident.
If you’re outside of New Zealand when your travel conditions expire, your visa will expire as well.
If you want to travel, your visa must be in a valid passport.
If your passport expires, you must apply to transfer your visa to a new passport before you can travel.
Transferring my visa to a new passport
To transfer your visa, you must:
Application for Transfer or Confirmation of a Visa (INZ 1023)