Pearl Education & Immigration Consultants, Overseas Education & Immigration Experts

New Zealand welcomes everyone with relevant qualifications, skills and experience that can contribute to the development of the New Zealand economy. If your occupation appears on the Essential Skills in Demand List for New Zealand occupations, you must not delay to immigrate to New Zealand.

Skilled Migrant Category is the most suitable immigration category that gives you the freedom to live and work in New Zealand permanently. Pearl can help this dream come true for you in the easiest way possible. Given below is the detailed procedure that we follow to help our clients get approval under the skilled migrant category:

1.	Meeting the basic requirements - We assist you in submitting the Expression of interest to enhance your chances of acceptability for minimum NZ immigration requirements. Points at this level are awarded on the basis of your qualification, if you have an offer letter for a job in NZ or not and other such factors. Besides, some other basic requirements for occupational registration, health, English language ability and character must also be fulfilled. Our immigration specialists ensure that the information provided work to your utmost advantage and get your EOI accepted for further processing. An acceptance of EOI is followed by a request to apply for residency in NZ.
2.	Selecting EOI - EOIs that successfully claim over 100 points are submitted into the pool. EOI that claimed 140 or above points are selected automatically from this pool, whereas those that have points between 100 and 140 are selectively picked up according to the demands of NZ. Sometimes EOI may remain in the pool for six months. In that case, your EOI is withdrawn from pool and you are notified about the same and we can then assist you in applying with an EOI again. But if Immigration New Zealand did not select any EOIs from the pool at all, your EOI may stay in the pool itself even after six months until the next lot of EOIs is selected.
3.	Official request to apply for residence - In case, you have been lucky enough to get your EOI drawn by INZ (Immigration New Zealand) and your claims are successfully verified, you are then sent an official request to apply for residence. The invitation mentions a period of four months, before which you must apply under the New Zealand`s Skilled Migrant category. We help you arrange all necessary documents, such as passport, certifications and qualifications that are to be provided, along with duly filled application forms and the applicable fees. Our immigration experts guide you in filling the form correctly and assure hassle-free approval of your application.
4.	Complete assessment - Once your application for residence is received, your claims as well as your suitability to stay in NZ are assessed. Sometimes, INZ may also wish to interview you and your dependants. At this time, they may ask about your current support networks, employment prospects and familiarity with the country. Contact our experts today to know more about the probable interview questions in your case. For speedy processing of your application, it is better to have an employment offer in NZ, beforehand. If INZ is satisfied with your interview, approval to your application is granted. But in case, the officials are not completely satisfied, they may give you a resident permit or visa to come to NZ and see if you could get a skilled job. Your residence application is approved as soon as you get the job. The time period allowed to get a job in NZ is nine months. Get in touch with us at the earliest as you fill our free assessment form and allow us to give an ultimate start to the new beginning of your career with NZ visa.

Skilled migrant category enjoys the utmost popularity among all visa classes to get the Permanent Residency status in NZ. NZIS (The New Zealand Immigration Service) currently deals in visas for the skilled migrant category for New Zealand immigration. Skills of the applicant in accordance with their nominated occupation are taken into consideration along with the points that are awarded for several factors.

Applications then enter a pool, where the needed number of candidates is selected by NZIS, on the basis of demand of skilled workers in NZ. Aspiring NZ immigrants must be aware of the key selection criteria in order to gain maximum points possible. Pearl expert immigration consultants can help you a great deal in this regard. Being the industry leaders, we stay updated and work in tandem with the regulations laid by the New Zealand Immigration authorities.

Applicants must be below 56 years and should earn at least 100 points each in order to be eligible for NZ immigration. However, meeting the prerequisites of the English language, character certificate and health is also mandatory before we lodge your Expression of Interest.

Prior employment offer in New Zealand, age, qualifications and work experience, all play a crucial role in analyzing the points accumulated by you. Our specialists can also help you gain bonus points for factors that you may be unaware about, like you can earn additional points if your employment is in areas that are identified for future growth and have absolute or cluster skill shortages.

Pooling of Expressions of Interest is done, which are further ranked by the Immigration New Zealand on the basis of a particular selection criterion. Applicants who had been lucky enough to qualify through the selection criteria are selected for the available places and are requested to file an application for New Zealand residence. All essential documents are then sent by these applicants to provide support for claims made by them in the Expression of Interest.

If you do not wish to waste much of your time and efforts, our New Zealand immigration specialists can also provide you assistance in filing an Expression of Interest and ensure that the documents submitted later are sufficient to prove the claims that have been made by you in Expression of Interest. This bleaks your chances of refusal of your New Zealand immigration application and increases your likeliness to be in NZ with permanent residency, very soon.

New Zealand Long Term Business Visa is meant for those professionals who are intending to establish a business in New Zealand without residing in the country on a permanent basis. It is termed as a temporary residency permit which gives applicants the freedom to be titled under the entrepreneur category at later stages.

After the approval of the application, a 9 month Work Visa/Permit is granted, which further gives an applicant the freedom to establish the business in New Zealand. If the applicant is eager to extend the duration, he would be granted a visa permit of not more than 3 years, provided the applicant provides authentic reasons to need a further permit.

You must apply for the extension within the validity of current Work Permit. In order to qualify for the extension under the New Zealand Long Term Business Visa:

•	You need to prove that the investment capital of your business was transferred to the country courtesy banking system
•	Fulfill the requirements related to health and character.
•	You have not taken assistance from the New Zealand welfare system (not for the principal applicant as well as dependants)
•	Prove that reasonable steps have been taken by the applicant to establish the business and further prove that you are an authentic applicant
Change in Business Proposal: If, by any how, the business proposal has seen some amendments during this time, it is essential to have consent for that amendment by a business immigration expert. Deviating from the original business proposal might lead to a visa denial.
Residence: Holders of a New Zealand Long Term Business Visa can apply for a Permanent Residency status under two options, provided he fulfils the eligibility criteria. These are
Entrepreneur Visa Category Entrepreneur plus visa category

Holders of a New Zealand Long Term Business Visa have the freedom to apply for Option 1 after fulfilling these requirements:

General Requirements

•	The established business should provide benefit to the country`s economy
•	Fulfil requirements related to health and character, along with fulfilling the mandates of attaining proficiency in the English language.
•	Social Welfare are not used in establishing the business or supporting the dependants (if applicable)
•	Prove that reasonable steps have been taken by the applicant to establish the business and further prove that you are an authentic applicant
Business Requirements
•	Provide a proof that you have successfully established the business in the country. For this, it is essential to prove that the business has been established, courtesy a substantial investment. Additionally, the applicant needs to prove that the business has been established for a minimum of two years with lawful workings.
•	Your business has been beneficial to the New Zealand economy. It can be proved by showing that you have introduced a new or enhancing existing technology or managerial skill; come out with a new product or service; come out with new job opportunities; expanding export and business markets or an exciting business
•	The business must show signs of profitability

This is a faster route towards gaining a permanent Residency status in the country

•	The applicant must be self employed in a successfully established business
•	Funds of a minimum of NZ$0.5 million should be transferred to the country, courtesy banking system
•	An investment of a minimum of NZ$0.5 million should be made in the business
•	In addition to the already present staff, the applicant is required to create three job opportunities in NZ
•	Fulfil criteria for English proficiency (IELTS 4) along with meeting health and character requirements
Please Note: in order to apply under the Entrepreneur plus Category, it is essential that your established business is same with that of the one mentioned in your business plan. Government Application Fee:* Application fee is NZ$2,600, which is non-refundable. Hence, taking guidance from an Immigration expert would be advisable, to ensure that the visa is not denied. Maintenance Expenses: Apart from the minimum investment of New Zealand Dollars 500,000/-, it is critical for the applicant to budget his (and dependants, is applicable) maintenance expenses. One should always take in account facets like family size and lifestyle expectations and budget the fiancés in accordance to them. Consult an Immigration expert fro for info on the same