SR6.5 Summary of requirements (09/10/2023)

1. To be granted a Care Workforce: Work to Residence visa, all applicants must:
   1. meet health and character requirements for residence (see A4 and A5); and
   2. meet the applicable minimum standard of English or, where instructions allow, pre-purchase English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tuition (see SR2.10).
2. In addition, the principal applicant must:
   1. hold a work visa or a critical purpose visitor visa with work conditions at the time the residence application is made; and
   2. be paid at or above the Level 4 rate per hour in a Care Workforce sector occupation listed in Appendix 14 (see SR6.10); and
   3. have completed 24 months in a Care Workforce sector occupation listed in Appendix 14 (see SR6.15); and
   4. be aged 55 or younger at the time the residence application is made.

Note: The current Level 4 rate can be found in the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017 – Schedule 2 Minimum hourly wages. For the period from 1 July 2022 – 31 December 2023 the Level 4 rate is $28.25.

SR6.5.1 Evidence

1. To demonstrate meeting specified evidential requirements for a Care Workforce occupation (see Appendix 14) the applicant can provide the following:
   1. Acceptable employment in a specified occupation - employment agreement and job description specifying the occupation.
   2. Acceptable work in New Zealand - employment agreement and job description (previous and current) stating the duration of employment, position and remuneration and a summary of earnings from Inland Revenue confirming a period of at least 24 months’ work.
   3. Pay rate - employment agreement and job description stating the occupation, hours, and remuneration. A summary of earnings from Inland Revenue if the applicant has worked in New Zealand.

      Note: Where an immigration officer is not satisfied that sufficient information has been provided through the requirements under (a)(iii), further evidence may be requested such as full bank statements showing salary payment or payslips.

2. In cases where any of the details listed at SR6.5.1(a) have changed since an applicant’s most recent work visa application and these details are material to their application (for example their remuneration has changed and they are relying on work in New Zealand in a role paid at least twice median wage), an applicant must include the evidence of these changes as set out in SR6.5.1(a).
3. An immigration officer may consider evidence and information provided in previous work visa applications to determine whether the applicant:
   1. has a total of 24 months of acceptable work in New Zealand; or
   2. meets the Care Workforce Level 4 pay threshold.

Effective 09/10/2023