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Plain-language guides to the programs, scores and documents behind a move to New Zealand, checked against the official sources and written for someone at the very start.
The guides a first-time reader most needs, in the order to read them.
Newest first.
Your New Zealand post-study work visa is ending: when to apply, moving to an employer work visa, Skilled Migrant points and the routes that need more years.
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Who qualifies for New Zealand's Skilled Work Experience residence pathway: the skill level, five years of experience with two in New Zealand, and the pay bar.
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How studying in New Zealand can lead to residence: the student visa, the Post Study Work Visa, the job, and where the chain breaks if you are not careful.
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New Zealand visa processing times as INZ publishes them for the Skilled Migrant Category, AEWV, partner, student and visitor visas, and what makes one slow.
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New Zealand accepts IELTS, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT, OET and Cambridge English for skilled residence visas, plus routes that need no test at all.
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Which New Zealand visas need a job offer from an accredited employer, which need none at all, what an offer must look like to count, and how to find one.
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How New Zealand's 6-digit occupation codes and skill levels work, why your skill level decides a job's pay and which visas open, and where ANZSCO applies.
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Who qualifies for New Zealand's Trades and Technician residence pathway: the occupation list, the level 4 qualification, four years of experience, and the pay.
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What changed in New Zealand's Skilled Migrant Category on 24 August 2026: longer English test validity, new work experience tiers, and windows on them.
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New Zealand visa fees: what INZ charges for the skilled, work, partner, student and visitor visas, the levies on top, and what a refused application costs you.
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New Zealand investor visa routes explained: the Active Investor Plus Visa, the Business Investor Work and Resident Visas, and the Entrepreneur Resident Visa.
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How to claim asylum in New Zealand, how the Refugee Quota Programme works, and how a refugee can sponsor family: plain words, official sources, free help.
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How a parent of a New Zealand citizen or resident can come to stay: the Parent Boost visitor visa, the Parent Resident Visa ballot, and the retirement visa.
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Who can get a New Zealand working holiday visa, how each country's scheme opens and fills, what work and study it allows, and where it can lead to next.
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What ANZSCO is, how its 6-digit code and skill levels work, where they still matter for a New Zealand visa, and which occupation list New Zealand uses now.
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What the AEWV work visa is, the three checks behind it (employer, job and migrant), what you have to meet yourself, and how it can lead to residence.
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What New Zealand's Green List is, how Tier 1 straight to residence differs from Tier 2 work to residence, and how the list fits with the SMC points route.
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How New Zealand's SMC Resident Visa works today: the 6-point threshold, where the points come from, and what you need in place before they matter.
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What NZQA's International Qualification Assessment (IQA) is, when an overseas degree needs one, the documents and fees, and how the level sets visa points.
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New Zealand's Victims of Family Violence visas and the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa: who qualifies, what evidence counts, and where free help is.
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Who counts as a partner or dependent child for Immigration New Zealand, how to include family in a residence application, and the visas for family of workers.
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Which countries you need a police certificate from for a New Zealand visa, how old it can be, and when Immigration New Zealand asks for a medical and X-ray.
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How New Zealand partner visas work: Partner of a New Zealander, partner of a worker and partner of a student, what INZ means by partnership, and the evidence.
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