Immigrating to New Zealand and exploring its way
Immigrating to New Zealand, different ways of Immigrating to New Zealand, and different way of acquiring New Zealand passport will be discussed in this article. How can we immigrate to New Zealand? After how many years of working in New Zealand can someone acquire permanent residency and New Zealand passport? How are Immigration expenses and life expenses in New Zealand? This article answers these questions and other questions that you have regarding Immigrating to New Zealand. You can get free consult from our experts at MIE Consulting Institute by phone call. You can also ask your questions in the comments section and receive an answer in a short time.
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Immigrating to New Zealand and its general conditions
New Zealand is a country that is located on the southern part of The Pacific Ocean, close to Australia and far from other countries. New Zealand is consisted of two large Island called North Island and South Island and some small islands. One of the important factors of immigration to this country is its weather. Its mild oceanic and four seasons weather is attractive for many immigrants
Another important factor in immigration to New Zealand is its economic situation. New Zealand is a developed country which has good economic conditions, thus making this country as desire destination for immigration.
Immigrating to New Zealand through working
One of the desired methods for immigrating to New Zealand is through getting a job, because they will be sure about life expenses in the destination country. One of the important factors that a person takes into account in the process of immigration is the rate of unemployment. New Zealand is not an exception. So, we examine the rate of unemployment in this article and present the following chart. The rate of unemployment in New Zealand is 4 percent which is a very low amount. As a result, the experts who immigrate to this country have the opportunity to find a job. If a person has a job offer from a New Zealander employer, he can take action to acquire New Zealand temporary visa. In addition, there are some ways through which as person can succeed to acquire permanent New Zealand residency through expertise and proficiency. This method obeys a ranking system in which the following factors are effective:
Age |
Work experience |
Job offer |
Language degree |
Academic degree |
We should note that the person who wants to get residency through this method must be 55 years old or younger, and score a minimum of 140 points. There is a chance of acceptance if the score is between 110 and 135. This information is gathered by MIE Consulting Institute (located in Austria) and any use of them without documentation and citation is illegal.
Immigrating to New Zealand through study
Educational immigration is one of the popular and common ways of immigration among the people who are interested. One of the first factors that a person takes into account before immigrating to New Zealand is the reputation and credibility of universities and educational centers of this country. Having top rank universities has made New Zealand the destination of many applicants for educational immigration. The person who intends to immigrate to New Zealand through study most have a high average score, rich CV, and good language proficiency (IELTS 6 for bachelor, IELTS 6.5 for master, and IELTS 7 for PhD). The expenses of studying in New Zealand are about $18000 to $30000 yearly for bachelor degree and $10000 to $18000 yearly for maser degree. Although many people who are interested in educational immigration usually seek scholarship because they seek free education.
But the point is getting a scholarship in bachelor degree is very hard and nearly impossible. For master degree it’s hard and for PhD degree its possible if the applicant has a rich resume.
In the following section the documents needed for a PhD scholarship are given:
High average score. (This can be different depending on the university, but having an average score of 17 to 18 in master degree is mandatory)
IELTS 7
Having two or more ISI articles
Having high educational level because the applicant needs to find a supervisor and should be able to succeed in the upcoming interviews with the professors.
Having a strong statement of purpose (SOP)
Having two or three recommendation letters (different depending on the university)
Having a published book and international awards from reputable festivals strengthens the resume and thus increases the change of getting a scholarship.
The following table contains the names of top rank universities of New Zealand:
Name of University | Rank in New Zealand | Rank in the World |
University of Auckland | 1 | 198 |
University of Massey | 2 | 498 |
University of Otago | 3 | 503 |
University of Canterbury | 4 | 553 |
Victoria University of Wellington | 5 | 627 |
University of Waikato | 6 | 696 |
Immigrating to New Zealand through investment
Due to suitable economic situation in New Zealand, many people want to invest their money in this country. New Zealand has made it possible for the immigrant to acquire a 3-year residency by presenting an appropriate business plan and investing 100 thousand dollars. The person must have done their investment after 12 months of entering New Zealand and has to prove that their business has had a positive effect in the country’s economic system in the following two years, and in this case the government grants them another 3-year residency. Investment system in New Zealand is pointing system and the person has to score at least 120 point to be able to take action towards investment residency. The scoring method is given in the following table:
Parameters | Age | Language score | Investment money | Benefits of your business for New Zealand | Business experience | The amount of export after running your business | Location of the business |
The condition of people | From 24 to 59 | Scoring 4 overall | Minimum of 200,000 to 1,000,000 or higher | Creating jobs for 1 to 10 New Zealanders part-time or full-time | Having 3 to 10 years of experience in similar fields | Minimum of 200,000 to 1,000,000 or higher | If the business is outside of Auckland city |
Points | Minimum 10 and maximum 20 | 10 to 20 points | Minimum 10 and maximum 80 | Minimum 10 and maximum 80 | Minimum 20 and maximum 40 | Minimum 10 and maximum 80 | 40 |
Immigration to New Zealand and acquiring citizenship through child birth
Immigration to New Zealand and acquiring citizenship through child birth is not possible in this country. Acquiring residency through child birth obeys one of the two rules of blood or land. The rule of land says that if person is born into the land of a country, they will acquire that country’s citizenship regardless if their parents’ have that country’s citizenship or not. The rule of blood expresses that the child’s citizenship depends on the citizenship of their parents and the place of birth doesn’t play a role in the citizenship of the child. New Zealand obey the rule of blood and as a result the birth of a child in New Zealand has to citizenship influences.
Immigrating to New Zealand through marriage
One of the easy ways of immigrating to New Zealand is through marriage. The important matter in this kind of immigration is that the person must prove that the marriage is real and not fake. To serve this purpose the person has to provide documents that show they have a mutual life and live in the same house and some other documents such as pictures, marriage certificate, mutual bank account, and lease. In this case a 1-year visa is granted which is extended for 2 years if the marriage persists and the person will be able to acquire permanent residency after 3 years and 3 years after permanent residency the person will be able to get New Zealand passport. Overall, it takes 6 years to get New Zealand passport.
Immigrating to New Zealand through asylum
This is another method of immigration. MIE consulting Institute doesn’t offer any kind of consult regarding this matter and doesn’t suggest it at all since there are many dangers on this path. Here are some examples:
Asylum has vague circumstances and the fate of the person in unclear
Most of the people who take action through asylum don’t have high welfare, financial situation, or education.
The person can’t go back to their own country.
The person has to tolerate very harsh circumstances.
Immigrating to New Zealand for artists and the elite
People who have especial talents are able to use this method. The name of this visa is “TALENT VISA”. If a person succeeds to acquire this visa, they have to take action in artistic and athletic fields and can find a job in the mentioned fields. Attention has to be paid to the point that not all artists succeed to acquire this visa and the person must have international awards and top-world ranking, since to goal of New Zealand is to attract to elite and the best. It is worth noting that only the people who are below 55 years old can take action for artist visa.
Immigrating to New Zealand and life expenses in New Zealand
One of the most important matters that a person takes into account in any method of immigration is the life expenses in the destination country and New Zealand is no exception. So we have prepared a table to expresses some these expenses to you:
Life necessities | Cost in dollar |
Food in an inexpensive restaurant | 18 |
Food for two persons in an average restaurant | 85 |
1 liter of milk | 2.69 |
500 grams of fresh white bread | 2.23 |
1 kilogram of white rice | 2.68 |
Egg | 4.68 |
1 kilogram of local cheese | 9.71 |
1 kilogram of chicken fillet | 12.43 |
1 kilogram of beef round | 16.86 |
One-way ticket (local transport) | 3.50 |
Taxi start (normal Tariff) | 3.50 |
Taxi 1Km (normal Tariff) | 2.95 |
Apartment (1 bedroom) outside of center | 1,221.40 |
Apartment (1 bedrooms) in City center | 1,462.71 |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside of center | 1,985.52 |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City center | 2,462.71 |
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 6,666.56 |
Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 5,238.31 |
Immigrating to New Zealand and acquiring citizenship
Without doubt, the goal of choosing any of them mentioned immigration method for many people is to acquire permanent residency and citizenship of New Zealand. Until 2005 a person could acquire citizenship and passport by working for 5 years. From that year to 2010 a person could acquire citizenship and passport by working 3 years. Today’s law indicates that a person can acquire citizenship and passport after working for 5 years.
Answers to frequently asked questions
✅Where should we start for immigrating to New Zealand?
The first step is knowing the method of immigration and choosing the best option. Then you need to provide the documents and conditions of the chosen option.
✅What is the best way of immigrating to New Zealand?
Surely, your personal situation is important in choosing the immigration method, but overall, work visa of New Zealand, studying in New Zealand universities and investment in New Zealand are the best options.
✅What is the cheapest way of immigration to New Zealand?
Working method such as the work visa are the cheapest methods. Education is the second cheap method.
✅Do we have to take action through a lawyer?
No, you can learn the rules and laws of immigrating to New Zealand by putting time into it, but a lawyer will increase the speed of the process and provides you with their experience.
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