Self-Assessment Guide For Residence In New Zealand (Page 11 of 20) in pdf

To be approved for residence you must:

To be approved you must:

• be in New Zealand when the application for

residence is lodged

• have held a work visa granted under the Talent

(Accredited Employers) Work Category for at

(Arts, Culture and Sports) Work Category for

least 24 months

at least 24 months

• during the currency of that visa, have been

employed in New Zealand for a period of

actively engaged in your field of art, culture

24 months by an accredited employer (or

or sport throughout a period of 24 months

another employer if you were granted a

in New Zealand

variation of conditions to your work visa by

• be sponsored for residence by a New Zealand

INZ allowing you to work for them instead)

organisation of national repute in your field

• have current ongoing employment that meets

(see below)

the following salary requirements

• still be prominent in your field

• show that your continued presence in

Date your Talent

Minimum base

New Zealand will enhance the quality of

work visa application

salary requirement

was lodged

(per annum)*

New Zealand’s accomplishments and

On or after 30 July 2007

participation in your field of art, culture

NZ$50,000

but before 28 July 2008

or sport

On or after 28 July 2008

NZ$55,000

• be healthy and of good character, and

• not have applied for or been granted any social

* If you have a base salary of NZ$90,000 or more you may

be eligible for a permanent resident visa.

welfare benefits in New Zealand.

• hold full or provisional registration, if full or

A New Zealand organisation of national repute

provisional registration is required to practise

is defined as:

in your occupation in New Zealand, and

• a New Zealand organisation that has a

• be healthy and of good character.

nationally recognised record of excellence

in a field of art, culture or sport, or

Your employment must be:

• a New Zealand organisation that has a

• full-time (on average, at least 30 hours per week)

nationally recognised record of excellence in

• ongoing (permanent or indefinite, or for a

fostering exceptional talent in a field of art,

stated term of at least 12 months)

culture or sport.

• genuine, and

You must provide a completed Talent (Arts,

• compliant with relevant employment law in

Culture and Sports) Sponsorship Form (INZ

force in New Zealand. This includes having a

1091) from an organisation of national repute

written employment agreement specifying the

with your application for residence. Either the

necessary terms and conditions, and meeting

organisation or an individual citizen or residence

holiday, special leave and occupational health

class visa holder must agree to sponsor you for

and safety requirements.

residence, and undertake to provide you with

Employers who want to know more about

financial support and accommodation during the

becoming an accredited employer should see

first two years of your residence, if this should

the Immigration Guide for Employers (INZ 1031)

be necessary.

and Employer Accreditation Application Form

Arts, cultural or sporting organisations that

(INZ 1090).

want to know more about sponsoring applicants

under the Talent (Arts, Culture and Sports) Work

Talent (Arts, Culture and Sports)

Category should see our Talent (Arts, Culture and

Residence Category

Sports) Sponsorship Form.

This is a residence category for people with

Long Term Skill Shortage List

exceptional talent in a field of art, culture or

Residence Category

sport who were sponsored by a New Zealand art,

cultural or sporting organisation for a 30-month

This is a residence category for people who were

open temporary work visa allowing them to be

granted a 30-month work visa to allow them

actively engaged in their field in New Zealand.

to work for an employer in New Zealand in an

occupation on the Long Term Skill Shortage List.

Self-Assessment Guide for Residence in New Zealand – April 2016 – 11

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