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South Island Contribution Resident Visa

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This residence route is for holders of a South Island Contribution Work Visa who have been employed in the same industry and region for the last 2 years.

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  • Only this quoted route-specific point is confirmed; other material parts of this question remain unconfirmed.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must work, or have a job offer, in the region specified in the work visa for at least 24 months from the date the resident visa is approved.

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  • Only this quoted route-specific point is confirmed; other material parts of this question remain unconfirmed.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The applicant must have been employed in the same industry and region for the last 2 years.

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  • Only this quoted route-specific point is confirmed; other material parts of this question remain unconfirmed.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The holder can live, work and study in the region recorded on the South Island Contribution Work Visa. The official source does not state whether family can accompany.

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  • Only this quoted route-specific point is confirmed; other material parts of this question remain unconfirmed.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The resident visa allows the holder to live, work and study indefinitely. The holder can travel in and out of New Zealand until the travel conditions expire, normally 2 years from first arriving as a resident; if outside New Zealand when they expire, the visa expires too. To keep travelling after that, the holder must apply for a variation of travel conditions or a Permanent Resident Visa.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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