Chinanews.com, September 11, according to New Zealand Tianwei.com, on September 11, the New Zealand Immigration Service announced that it had amended the employer’s application for skilled workers’ immigration exemption clauses and relaxed key conditions. It is hoped that while preventing and controlling the epidemic, Introduce talents conducive to the economic recovery of New Zealand.
The Minister of Immigration stated that New Zealand is on the road to recovery after the epidemic. It is important to strike a balance between epidemic prevention and control and ensuring the recovery of enterprises, which requires the introduction of skilled workers.
"In order to allow key workers to enter New Zealand, we have made some minor changes to the evaluation criteria for'other critical workers'."
"At present, individuals (applicants for entry) must possess unique experience and technical or professional skills that are not obtainable in New Zealand. This standard will be changed to technical or professional skills that are not readily obtainable in New Zealand. The word change reflects that the number of experts in certain fields is very limited, and a lot of training must be carried out before skills can be acquired in New Zealand." The Minister of Immigration said.
In addition, the Minister of Immigration also stated, “We will also remove the requirement for'skills, qualifications or work experience acquired abroad.' For example, a worker has skills that can be obtained in New Zealand, but he has acquired unique experience overseas. This will bring unique expertise to New Zealand companies."
He emphasized that these changes are intended to let New Zealand companies know which important talents can enter.
"However, the threshold for exemption from entry is still very high, and there are still many people who do not meet the criteria under the category of'other key workers'," the immigration minister said.
He emphasized that New Zealand can now make these adjustments while ensuring the prevention and control of the epidemic. In addition to the above keyword changes, other adjustments include:
-Establish a new category of entry exemption to allow some temporary work permit holders or their family members to enter in order to continue working or doing business in New Zealand.
——Simplify the entry procedures for partners and children of New Zealanders in visa-free countries to facilitate their reunion in New Zealand.
——Extend the period of visa holders for residents staying abroad affected by the epidemic by 12 months. Their current situation is that they either cannot activate their visas before their visas expire, or they need to return to New Zealand in time to ensure their visas are still valid.
The adjustment of the entry exemption for "other key workers" will take effect immediately.
(Jackie Shan)