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Residence permit cut THE period that applicants are granted a work to residence permit has been reduced from two years to six months.A provision has also been included to allow for the grant of a further work permit for a maximum additional period of three months, where the principal applicant has an offer of skilled employment but requires a further work permit to meet the three month requirement. This applies to applications for residence under the Skilled Migrant Category received on or after 21 December 2005. Some selected EOIs will not be invited to apply for residence Expressions of Interest selected from the Pool on or before 21 December 2005 that: * on 21 December 2005 have not resulted in an invitation to apply for residence; and * do not include a claim for points for an offer of skilled employment in New Zealand or current skilled employment in New Zealand; and * have a claim of total points of 100 or 105 will not be invited to apply for residence on the basis of that EOI, unless the person expressing interest in that EOI is in New Zealand on 21 December 2005. People affected may submit a further EOI to the Pool up to and including 21 June 2006. There will be no further fee payable. People who wish to submit an EOI in this manner need to contact the EOI team at eoiteam@dol.govt.nz. Due to high demand for places under the SMC, an additional 3000 places will be available over the next two financial years for skilled migrants with offers of skilled employment. A further 1000 places will be made available to skilled migrants, taken from other immigration categories. All EOIs received after this time will be selected on the basis of the new policy. |
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