Skilled Migrant Category applications can be submittted online

• Published date: 14 December 2022
• Subject Matter: Immigration, Work Visas
• Law Firm: Cavell Leitch
• Author: Mr Shi Sheng Cai

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will allow Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) applications to be submitted online.

Update

After an SMC Expression of Interest (EOI) has been selected, an Invitation to Apply (ITA) will be generated with information and a link ( here), to allow applicants to submit online SMC applications. Previously SMC applications could only be submitted in paper form which required certified and original documents to be provided. The new online system will allow copies of documents (instead of certified and original documents) to be provided.

Our thoughts

There continues to be a lot of change in the immigration space. In our...