WI15.10 Vietnamese Engineering Professionals

These instructions allow up to 100 Vietnamese engineering professionals at any one time to work in New Zealand for a period of up to three years provided that they:

1. have a full-time job offer from a New Zealand employer as an engineering professional, which has been assessed as equivalent to ANZSCO Skill Level 1; and
2. hold a bachelor degree (level 7 or above) qualification and are registered on the International Professional Engineers Register or Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineers Register, or a Washington Accord accredited engineering degree; and
3. hold New Zealand registration, where required; and
4. meet the requirements set out in WI15.15.

Effective: 26/03/2012