The best chance for a successful EOI is to have skilled employment, or an offer of skilled employment in New Zealand.
What is skilled employment?
Skilled employment is employment that requires specialist, technical or management expertise.
If you have a job/job offer for skilled employment, it must be:
full time (on average, at least 30 hours per week)
for a position that is paid by salary or wages or in terms of a contract for service – payment by commission and/or retainer are not acceptable
be ongoing and sustainable.
Ongoing means your job offer must be for employment with a single employer in a job:
which is clearly stated to be 'permanent', or 'indefinite', or
for a term of at least 12 months, with an option for you of further employment after that time.
If you are offered a contract and have a history of working on contracts in your occupation, then this may be accepted as ‘skilled employment’ if INZ is satisfied that the work is likely to continue.
