Priority Occupations List Work Policy

• Have an offer of employment in New Zealand in an occupation that is included on the Priority Occupations List that meets the specifications for that occupation, and
• Are suitably qualified by training and/or experience to undertake your offer of employment as well as meeting any specific requirements set out in the Priority Occupations List, and
• Have met or are able to meet any of the necessary New Zealand registration requirements if these are required to take up the offer.

• For employment in New Zealand, and
• For a period of at least 24 months; and
• For full-time employment, (that is it amounts to, on average, at least 30 hours per week), and
• Current at the time NZIS assesses your application and at the time of issue of the visa and/or grant of the permit, and
• Genuine, and
• Accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration, or eligibility for such registration, if full or provisional registration is required by law to take up the offer, and
• Compliant with all relevant employment law in New Zealand.