Hong Kong Branch
Immigration New Zealand
Suite 6508, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai HONG KONG
Phone: +852 2877 4488
Fax:
+852 2877 0586
Email: nzis.hongkong@dol.govt.nz
Web address: www.immigration.govt.nz
Chinese web address: www.immigration.govt.nz/china
Feedback: Please email any feedback you may have
to: hongkongbranchfeedback@dol.govt.nz.
WORK VISA UNDER ESSENTIAL SKILLS
TO APPLY FOR A WORK VISA UNDER ESSENTIAL SKILLS, YOU MUST
SUPPLY:
1. Valid passport or a notarised birth certificate and identity card if you currently
do not have a passport
2. A fully completed and signed of Work Visa Application Form (INZ 1015) and
Supplementary Application Form (INZ 1027)
3. Two recent passport-sized photographs of your head and shoulder
4. A written offer of employment from New Zealand
5. An Employer Supplementary Form Work Visa Application (INZ 1113)
completed by your New Zealand employer
6. Application fee
7. Evidence of funds
8. Health requirements, if applicable
9. Character requirements, if applicable
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
1. Applicants intend to be in New Zealand for more than six months, and not
more than twelve months who are not from a low incidence TB country or
who have spent more than three months in the past five years in a country not
listed as a low incidence TB country must provide a completed X-Ray
Certificate for Temporary Entry (INZ 1096). For full details and a list of low
incidence TB countries please refer to the Health Requirements Leaflet (INZ
1121).
2. People intend to be in New Zealand for more than 12 months must provide a
completed Medical and Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1007).
 All Medical and X-ray certificates and associated reports should be less than 3
months old at the time of lodgement, completed by any INZ Panel Doctor (A full
list is available at INZ web site: www.immigration.govt.nz).
 Applicants who have previously completed X-ray Certificate for Temporary
Entry (INZ 1096) or Medical and Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1007)
which at the time of this application will be less than 24 months old may not be
required to submit updated X-Ray Certificate for Temporary Entry (INZ
1096) or Medical and Chest X-ray Certificate (INZ 1007) unless requested
to do so by an immigration officer.
 Pregnant women and children under the age of 11 are not required to have
chest X-ray examination.
CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS
Applicants aged 17 or over who intend to be in New Zealand for more than 24
months, must include a notarised Chinese Police Clearance Certificate that is less
than 6 months old at the time of lodgement. Applicants must also supply a
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Hong Kong Branch
Immigration New Zealand
Suite 6508, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai HONG KONG
Phone: +852 2877 4488
Fax:
+852 2877 0586
Email: nzis.hongkong@dol.govt.nz
Web address: www.immigration.govt.nz
Chinese web address: www.immigration.govt.nz/china
Feedback: Please email any feedback you may have
to: hongkongbranchfeedback@dol.govt.nz.
photocopy of the original police clearance certificate letter issued by the local Public
Security Bureau or Vice Squad which is less than 6 months old at the time of
lodgement. Please note that a police clearance certificate letter issued by an
applicant's work unit, work unit security department, street office or talent centre is
not acceptable.
If police certificates were submitted with a previous application, they can be
accepted for any further application for a temporary entry class visa made within
24 months of the date of issue of the police certificates.
Please note that your application will be returned unprocessed if any item
mentioned above is missing. Only the most up-to-date INZ form should be
used.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
1. Your Identity Card and Temporary Resident Card if your passport’s was not
issued in Guangdong, Guangxi or Hainan Provinces
2. Your Household Register (‘Hukou Bu’)
3. Notarized relationship certificate (with English translation), showing details of all
immediate family members (parents, siblings, partner and children) including
their full names, dates of birth and full residential addresses, regardless of their
residence status or citizenship
4. A written offer of employment from New Zealand. This should include your
position, job description, salary, working hours, length of employment contract
and other relevant information
5. Copy of Approval In Principle letter (if applicable)
6. Evidence to prove your New Zealand employer has made genuine attempts to
recruit suitable New Zealand citizens or residents
7. Evidence that you are suitably qualified by training and experience to do the
work offered
8. Evidence of full or provisional registration, if that is required by law to take up
the offer of employment (if applicable).
NOTES
1. Immigration New Zealand reserves the right to request additional information in
the course of assessing an application and to retain information and documents
on file.
2. We will assess whether you are likely to be a genuine worker in New Zealand.
Once a decision is made, there is no statutory right of appeal.
3. Notary certificates will be kept by the branch after the finalisation of your
application. Notary certificates will only be returned if a copy of it is provide with
the application.
4. If you provide false or misleading information your application may be declined.
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Hong Kong Branch
Immigration New Zealand
Suite 6508, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai HONG KONG
Phone: +852 2877 4488
Fax:
+852 2877 0586
Email: nzis.hongkong@dol.govt.nz
Web address: www.immigration.govt.nz
Chinese web address: www.immigration.govt.nz/china
Feedback: Please email any feedback you may have
to: hongkongbranchfeedback@dol.govt.nz.
5. The processing time will take approximately 30 days. Applications submitted
without the required documents will take longer to process. We recommend
you do not purchase an airline ticket before you obtain a visa.
6. If your visa has a travel condition of ‘First entry before’, you must arrive in New
Zealand by that date. For a multiple entry visa holder, you can travel to New
Zealand on or before the ‘Expiry date travel’ on your visa. If you are unable to
arrive within the validity date of your visa, your work visa will not be extended
and you must lodge a new application.
7. Please note that you must leave New Zealand before the expiry of your visa or
face deportation from New Zealand.
LODGING YOUR APPLICATION
Submit your completed application to:
Immigration New Zealand
Suite 6508 Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
FEES
Application fee: HKD1,400.
Postage fee: HKD100 is required unless you are prepared to collect your original
documents and passport in person.
Please note that fees are subject to change without prior notice.
Payment methods:
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From 29 November 2010, Hong Kong Branch will no longer accept cash
as a form of payment for application fees.
Credit card payment is welcome. We only accept Visa or MasterCard. Please
provide the credit card details including name of the cardholder, card number
and the expiry date on the application form.
Cheque payments should be made by international bank draft, be in Hong Kong
currency, and be made payable to “New Zealand Consulate General”. We do
not accept Post Office Money Order.
It is important to note that lodging a New Zealand Visa application does
not guarantee approval and the application fee is non refundable.
You should read this checklist along with the “Work Visa Guide” (INZ 1016). For
more information please visit our website at www.immigration.govt.nz.
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