Labor immigration to New Zealand: list of occupations

Today, immigration is one of the most urgent topics in terms of changing the place of residence and, accordingly, the allocation of professional activity by a foreign shade. It is important to note that modern society gives preference to such countries as Australia, Canada and, of course, New Zealand, which is the subject of the story in this article.

Professional immigration is the best solution

Today, New Zealand is a highly developed country, willingly inviting qualified specialists, as well as investors, to permanent residence. It should be noted that immigration to New Zealand is accompanied by extremely high standards and requirements. In addition, this provision applies equally to those wishing to obtain a temporary residence, then permanent and, finally, citizenship. Every year, up to 50,000 people from 160 different countries arrive there. Among them are workers, qualified specialists, investors, as well as private entrepreneurs. Professional immigration to New Zealand involves the receipt by a citizen of another country of residence or residence permit. The argument of this provision is provided by the Immigration Act of New Zealand of 2009. Thus, due to the acquisition of this status, any citizen has the right to live, develop educational or professional activities, receive full medical care and use similar rights in New Zealand.

How to move to permanent residence in 2016?

Immigration to New Zealand, as a rule, is carried out by citizens of other countries in accordance with one of the ways:

• A professional way involves moving to New Zealand in order to advance your work and make a profit. So, every year many qualified specialists, entrepreneurs, ordinary workers or investors come to this country, who decide to invest certain funds in the economy of New Zealand. The chances of each person for immigration and further development of activities are assessed in accordance with the point system, with which every two weeks are determined by those very lucky ones.
• The student's variant of moving entails the goal of obtaining knowledge and appropriate education. It is important to note that, in this case, New Zealand does not impose such significant demands on citizens, as in the case of professional immigration. There is not necessarily knowledge of English, in addition, the country also accepts citizens without education.

It should be noted that these methods are the most common, but there are basically others, including participation in the program for partners, parents and children of citizens and residents of New Zealand, the adoption of refugee status or other equally effective options.

How much do you really qualify for immigration to New Zealand?

Immigration to New Zealand is carried out in accordance with the point system formed to allow interested persons to participate in competitions among the same citizens. The main prize of the competition is the receipt of an invitation to move from the government of New Zealand. It is important that the government considers only candidates who are capable of giving the country much, and in case of their successful activity, the place of residence is reward.

On the Internet, you can find a scoring calculator that provides a detailed description of the test and evaluations that are usually awarded for the age of a person who wishes to immigrate to New Zealand, his qualifications, experience in a particular field, and the availability of a specific employer's proposal countries. In addition, the citizen has the opportunity to gain additional points for activities in areas where there is an acute shortage of labor, or outside of Auckland. This should include the qualifications acquired in New Zealand (for at least 2 years), as well as the person's choice of activities in the field of growth.

Increasing the requirements for immigrants (2016)

It is important to note that in early October 2016, immigration to New Zealand and its rules have undergone some changes. Thus, the Department of the NZ made adjustments and additions to several programs, among them the program for qualified specialists. The central goal of the innovations is to reduce the number of immigrants by at least 10% in the next two years, as the number of applications increases annually, which leads to a significant excess of supply of labor over demand, and in fact New Zealand is not too big a country, so its economy does not Experiencing special needs in a huge number of immigrants.

Thus, the point system considered above brings new information about the real possibilities for moving a person with a certain number of points. But in fact before automatic acceptance of the application was appropriate already at 140 points typed. Perhaps, this uplift refers to a number of temporary phenomena, nevertheless it entails an increased motivation of citizens and, of course, a decrease in the number of immigrants. It should also be noted that the requirements for the business immigration program did not change in any way.

Immigration to New Zealand from Russia

Citizens of Russia, who moved to New Zealand, often compare life there with the old. Thus, among the most important advantages of immigration are the following:

• Elimination of inequality among citizens, as well as racism and xenophobia.
• Perfect development of the language aspect.
• Impeccable nature, safe flora and fauna.
• Clean and tidy infrastructure.
• High level of tolerance.
• A small number of Russians.
• Exclusion of terrorist attacks.
• Excellent situation in terms of tourism.
• Significant development of the secondary market.
• Opportunity to start a competent and successfully run a small business.
• The abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as other useful products, which helps to strengthen health.
• The exclusion of children's shelters and homeless animals.
• Less than in Russia, the percentage of smokers.
• Development of sports activities.
• Organization of traffic.
• High level of medical services and so on.

Immigration to New Zealand (reviews of Russians serve as confirmation) entails a number of disadvantages, the main ones being natural phenomena (earthquakes, volcanoes), poor mobile communication, a small market (including labor), a difficult transition from small business to medium, Very expensive and not very developed system of providing transport services for society, as well as the exclusion of Russian food in institutions.

Current Programs

Immigration to New Zealand from Russia and other countries of the world is usually carried out by citizens in accordance with one of the programs, including the state program of professional immigration (it was revised and supplemented in 2007). So, to take part in it, you need to score 100 points on the above criteria. Only after this, the application of a citizen of a certain country enters the New Zealand Immigration Service for the purpose of consideration and further approval or rejection. It is important to note that the duration of the process is not more than three months from the date of submission of the application, but exceptions are appropriate here. People who score 160 points or more are automatically accepted (previously this threshold was 140 points). Thus, it is the points for immigration to New Zealand that are the determining factor of success. At the end of the examination of the application, there are three options: the citizen receives the status of permanent resident of New Zealand, the decision is deemed to be "postponed" (issuing a work visa for work in the country) or refusal, as a rule, with illiterate documentation.

Immigration programs in New Zealand often involve the acquisition of a residence permit through investment in the economy of the country. A striking example of this are the programs Investor Plus and Investor, which are currently very popular in the community.

Who needs a work visa for New Zealand?

Everyone knows that the official permission to immigrate citizens for the purpose of performing work is a binding document or stamp in the passport (much more often), called a visa. It specifies the exact period of validity of the permit for performing professional operations. Each country has a specialized body responsible for issuing and issuing visas. He, as a rule, puts forward a number of conditions for each citizen, which should be adhered to at least in order to acquire the appropriate work visa. It is important to note that all foreigners without exception need to undergo the procedure for obtaining a stamp in their passport or equivalent document, after which the right to work in New Zealand will be fully legalized. It should be noted that a working visa is needed even for those applicants who are not citizens of a given country who intend to engage in unpaid or voluntary activities.

Work visa categories

Labor immigration to New Zealand, as it turned out, is accompanied by a mandatory visa (permanent or temporary). So, in the first case, the following classification of the complex in the subcategory is appropriate:

• "Qualified migrants" for future professional figures in New Zealand, provided that their professions are highly demanded in the labor market.
• The program "From work to living" involves the acquisition of a temporary work visa in order to subsequently obtain a legal permit for permanent residence in a given country.
• The program "Accommodation due to work activity" is appropriate for people who already have a visa, described in the previous paragraph.
• "Transfer of employees" is carried out if a particular citizen is already an employee of a foreign company and intends to transfer to its branch located in New Zealand.

In the case of a temporary work visa, the subcategories are:

• A New Zealand visa for work during rest is issued to a person in a particular country, provided that this geographical unit has an agreement with New Zealand corresponding to the program Working holiday visas.
• The New Zealand visa for seasonal activity is received by people who intend to work in the field of horticulture or viticulture.

Documents for obtaining a visa

As it turned out, labor immigration to New Zealand (2016) is characterized by some tightening of requirements with regard to various aspects of this issue. Nevertheless, the main points of organization of moving to a temporary or permanent place of residence remained unchanged. Among them, and visa registration by submitting to the relevant body of the list of documents:

• Passport, which is active at this time, with a clear photo of the citizen presented on his page.
• Application for a visa in a pre-filled form.
• A document confirming the citizen's payment for the services for processing the visa application.
• Contract for employment in New Zealand.
• A certificate confirming the satisfactory state of health of an immigrant, called a medical one.
• A certificate from the police, confirming the conviction of the citizen's conviction.

Visa "Silver fern"

Silver Fern visa is designed to attract young professionals with certain qualifications to New Zealand. It is important to note that this kind of visa documentation entails the possibility of obtaining permission online through a special service. "Silver fern" is issued only once a year and allows a citizen to enter New Zealand for a period not exceeding nine months, to search for a company for the purpose of carrying out professional activities there. It should be noted that annually the service allocates a certain number of submitted visas, equal to 300 units.

After the young specialist is given a job offer, the Silver Fern Job Search visa must be changed to the Silver Fern Practical Experience. This is done to enable the citizen to continue his professional activities in New Zealand for a period not exceeding two years. In addition, a person has the right to file or not to apply for a residence permit. So, he can live in New Zealand, work there and quietly leave for his country.

How to entice the employer?

How to competently "sell yourself" in New Zealand? Definitely, only in the case of the employer's sympathy for an immigrant can we talk about successful employment. After all, giving a job to a visiting person who does not know the language perfectly is a significant risk. Thus, to form an absolute interest of the employer to the immigrant, it is necessary to fulfill the following three points perfectly:

• Availability of the required profession, confirmed by the relevant documentation. This should include not only a diploma, but also all sorts of certificates, for example, about the passage of courses, as well as work experience in this field. It is important to note that a great advantage will be the recommendations from past employers, especially if it is a question of professional activity in New Zealand. Nevertheless, the immigrant should not overestimate himself, but remember that there are quite a few other people from Asia and Eastern Europe in the NZ.
• Knowledge of English at a conversational level in order to comfortably communicate in society and successfully conduct professional activities. It's great if an immigrant owns professional vocabulary and actively uses it in the process of communication and keeping records in the course of work.
• Absolute courtesy and culture of behavior, which allows you to find an approach to any person.

List of professions for immigration to New Zealand

To begin with, it should be noted that in New Zealand the required specialties are divided into two types: long-term (they will be needed for a significant period of time) and short-term (they are in demand right now). What are their differences? The fact is that the second option does not guarantee the extension of the work visa in case of exclusion of a particular profession from the list of the most relevant. Thus, long-term occupations for immigration to New Zealand include the following:

• Workers in the field of agriculture (a wood expert is particularly relevant).
• Specialists in the field of construction (roads and infrastructure, popular surveyor and archpriest).
• Employees of engineering (chemical engineer, material engineer, civil engineering engineer , structural engineer, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, engineer in the field of industry, environmental engineer and so on).
• Economists (financial business, the demand manager is especially in demand).
• Medical and social workers (anesthesiologist, psychologist, nurse, general practitioner and others).

Running the mechanism

After a clear definition of the place of employment in New Zealand for any single-minded citizen, surely, all things will go well. Proof of this fact is a very complicated procedure for the dismissal of specialists, which, as a rule, no company resorts to. In addition, the closest relatives of a New Zealand citizen (wife (husband), children) can freely travel there on the basis of the work visa they have received.

Each person after employment on the official resource of the immigration service should fill in the Expression of Interest, then receive approval and, at last, start preparing the necessary documentation. So, after 3-6 months a citizen will be considered a full-fledged resident of New Zealand. And then he will be able to live and at the same time actively develop his professional activity in the new conditions, argued by other traditions, society, climate and so on.