SM11.10 Where occupational registration is subject only to interview by the Medical or Dental Council

Where a resident visa application is approved on the basis that the principal applicant is eligible for occupational registration under SM10.10.1(b)(ii) subject only to a satisfactory personal interview with a representative of the Medical or Dental Council on arrival in New Zealand, the visa holder is subject to the following conditions:

1. In the case of the principal applicant:
   1. that, within one month of their first entry to New Zealand as a resident (if the visa was granted offshore), or the grant of their resident visa (if the visa was granted in New Zealand), the applicant obtains full or provisional occupational registration in New Zealand; and
   2. that, within five years of the grant of their first entry to New Zealand as a resident (if the visa was granted offshore), or the grant of their resident visa (if the visa was granted in New Zealand), the applicant submits evidence to an immigration officer that requirement (i) above has been met.
2. In the case of any accompanying partner and dependent child - that the principal applicant comply with the conditions to which they are subject.

Effective 28/08/2017