New Zealand Skilled Migrant Points Test Calculator

Skilled employment is employment that requires significant specialist, technical or management expertise:

• obtained through the completion of recognised qualifications;
  or
• obtained through work experience that has enabled a person to gain a comparable level of skill to that which would have been gained through the completion of a relevant recognised qualification;
  or
• developed through work experience in which that expertise was a key component.

You can qualify for points for qualification such as trace certificates, diplomas, bachelor degrees and postgraduate qualifications. Your qualifications must align with those NANZIZ had accepted in the List of Recognized Qualifications.

If it doesn’t appear NZIS may require NZQA to assess your qualification. The points you earned for a recognized qualification will depend on what level NZIS assess your qualification to be on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications.