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South Island Contribution Work Visa

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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

This route requires the applicant to hold an Essential Skills Work Visa specifying South Island employment.

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  • Only the supported portion of this rectangle is established by the captured route page; other details remain unresolved.

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 have ongoing employment in the South Island: current employment or an offer of employment that is full time, paid by salary or wages, genuine, sustainable and ongoing (permanent or indefinite, or a stated term of at least 24 months), in the South Island, on terms not less than those of the New Zealand market, and with an employer that has a history of compliance with immigration and employment law and is not on the Labour Inspectorate's list of non-compliant employers.

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

The historical qualifying period is five years of full-time South Island employment before 22 May 2017.

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  • Only the supported portion of this rectangle is established by the captured route page; other details remain unresolved.

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

The holder must work in the industry and region specified on the visa label. A partner or dependent children cannot be included in the application, but they can apply for visas based on their relationship to the holder.

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

The visa is granted for up to 30 months. It provides a path to residence if the holder remains in the same industry and region, and lets the holder apply for residence after 2 years. The official source does not state whether or how the visa can be renewed.

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  • The page does not say whether or how this work visa can be renewed.

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

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