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Skilled Migrant Category (SMC)New Zealand
ď‚— We already know that for you to be able to qualify to apply
for the Skilled Migrant Category via Expression Of Interest, a candidate must able to meet 100 points to qualify and able to demonstrate that his/her skills and qualification considered as skilled in New Zealand. What is the skilled occupation in New Zealand? You are considered as skilled if your occupation belongs to the Appendix 6 of the list of skilled occupations from INZ manual and able to meet the ANZSCO, qualification, title and job description that is likely similar to your existing qualification and occupation to deem the points to your application.
Qualification – Determining what level of NZQA
qualification certificate would help understand exactly how many points for your qualification to be earned, therefore a potential applicant for SMC needs to have their qualification assessed by NZQA – if their qualification is not listed as NZQA exempt as it is hard to make an assumption for example, if your bachelor’s degree could either be level 6 or level 7, which might have a little impact on your total score to increase or decrease to 10 points, depending of what NZQA report has done to your qualification.
Work Experience - When claiming points for the work
experience in skilled employment, the prospective immigrant should compare exactly what the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) outlined for each of the occupations’ tasks, duties and level of qualification & experience needed. You can’t just count a number of years working experience that has corresponding points, if the said working experience does not even relates or close to ANZSCO’s required level of qualification, title and job description.
ď‚— Eligibility Recognition/ Registration- Many of the list of
occupations listed in Appendix 6 also requires recognition/registration such as for nurses, teachers, pharmacist et., We note that SMC gives invitation those candidates who have ranked in the Pool and the likelihood of getting an employment and settlement in New Zealand. If INZ decides to give you a SMC job search work visa in NZ and defer your PR application for 9 months – it means that you have met & passed the points, have enough funds, have the registration requirement for that occupation if applicable to your circumstances and able to demonstrate that indeed, you may land a skilled job in NZ and later recounting your PR application.
What are the possible grounds of declining your application for PR in NZ under SMC? ď‚— This may vary according to the individual circumstances and
the outcome of the assessment of the immigration Officer but let us have some of the issues which may result in the refusal of your application. 1. If during the interview , the principal applicant is unable to demonstrate the preparedness and familiarity in New Zealand in their future settlement and or any other family member/s included in the application
2. In considering of refusing the SMC job work visa in NZ, the applicant does not strongly convinced the INZ officer about his/her skilled employment prospects based on the information being verified and further assessed, interviews, facts and evidences 3, When there is an issue about the medical results of the applicant and further assessment of the medical made by the assessor would require excessive health care services & demands to the government of New Zealand, and a danger to the public ď‚— Health, and would result for the applicant of not to undertake the work on the basis of the medical condition and findings made final, and are not considered to have granted a medical waiver
- The decision for the application under this category SMC, may defer from 3 to 6 months depending on the findings or treatment made by the applicant. 4. Character requirements’ has not been met, as we all know for this type of application it is a mandatory requirement to have a police certificate in the past 10 years where the applicant previously lived or work , Immigration Officer would decline the application if the applicant poses risk to New Zealand international reputationsuch as if the applicant is a member of organized crimes, terrorism or any involvement to government regime, or has committed war crimes, or crimes against humanity or any international crimes committed or advocated by the applicant.
- Immigration officer may also look into the surrounding circumstances of the application and any family connections the applicant might have in New Zealand, are to be disregarded for the purposes of the decision. - An immigration officer may consider the nature and extent of the applicant's association with, membership of, or involvement with, the government, regime, group or agency. If the immigration officer is satisfied beyond doubt that the nature and extent of the association, membership or involvement was minimal or remote then the officer may grant a residence class visa to the applicant provided all other Instructions requirements are met
- An immigration officer may consider the nature and extent of the applicant's association with, membership of, or involvement with, the government, regime, group or agency. If the immigration officer is satisfied beyond doubt that the nature and extent of the association, membership or involvement was minimal or remote then the officer may grant a residence class visa to the applicant provided all other Instructions requirements are met - The good news is that starting in November 2015; all applicants in NZ who received a genuine job offer outside Auckland New Zealand may get 30 points for their application Contact Visa Online Assistance or visit www.visaonlineassistance.com for more information. information from this article is a personal knowledge and a combination of research & experience of the author who made the articles; it may not directly or constitute legal advice and does not guarantee the accuracy of the information from the time it was written. It is an absolute discretion of the visitors/viewers if they would use the information on their own risk.
A disclaimer: Visa Online Assistance does not arrange job offer nor entertain job inquires for abroad as we are not a recruitment agency. Any
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A disclaimer: Visa Online Assistance does not arrange job offer nor entertain job inquires for abroad as we are not a recruitment agency. Any information from this article is a personal knowledge and a combination of research & experience of the author who made the articles; it may not directly or constitute legal advice and does not guarantee the accuracy of the information from the time it was written. It is an absolute discretion of the visitors/viewers if they would use the information on their own risk.