SM7.15 Additional requirements for skilled employment (13/12/2004)

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. an offer of employment or current employment 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 a consistent history of contract work, and
      • has a current contract for services, and
      • the NZIS is satisfied that such contract work is likely to be sustained.

Effective 13/12/2004