Recognised Qualifications

The aim of providing points for qualifications is to recognise the importance of qualifications as an indicator of ability to obtain skilled employment in New Zealand.

Therefore, if you wish to claim points for your qualification, you need to prove that your qualification is comparable to a recognised New Zealand Qualification and that is is of the required standard.

In New Zealand professional registration is required by law to undertake employment in certain professions. this will also affect the number of points you will be able to claim for your Expression of Interest.

Recognition of qualifications

A recognised qualification is a qualification that occupies a level on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF) which qualifies it for points by reference to

• the level that the qualification occupies on the NZQF as assessed by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
• the level that the qualification occupies on the NZQF as set out in the List of Qualifications Recognised as an Exception
• the level that the qualification occupies on the NZQF as set out in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment
• the level that the qualification occupies on the NZQF having regard to the full or provisional registration of the principal applicant by a New Zealand organisation authorised by law to give occupational registration, if that registration involves an assessment that the principal applicants overseas qualification is comparable with a New Zealand qualification that is included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from assessment.

Source: Immigration New Zealand

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