SM7.15 Additional requirements for skilled employment (28/09/2004)

1. Skilled employment only qualifies for points if the employment is:
   1. full time (employment is full-time if it amounts to, on average, at least 30 hours per week); and
   2. genuine; and
   3. for a position that is paid by salary or wages or in terms of a contract for service (payment by commission and/or retainer are not acceptable), and
   4. accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration, or evidence of eligibility for registration by the New Zealand Medical or Dental Council subject only to an interview with the relevant registration authority on arrival, if full or provisional registration is required by law to undertake the employment (see SM19.20); and
   5. the employment was not offered as a result of payment made (either within or outside New Zealand) by the applicant (or their agent) to the employer (or their agent) in exchange for securing that offer of employment.
2. Employment must be ongoing. Ongoing employment is employment that is either:
   1. with a single employer and permanent, or indefinite, or for a stated term of at least twelve months with an option for the employee of further terms; or
   2. employment on a contract basis where the applicant has one or more contracts totalling at least twelve months and has provided evidence of an employment history that includes at least two years of contract work.one or more contracts totalling at least twelve months and has provided evidence of an employment history that includes at least two years of contract work.

Effective 28/09/2004