Why should I do a visa assessment for New Zealand?

Our advice when people ask us where to start is always – “By doing a visa assessment for New Zealand.” We say this because a visa assessment reveals if you’re eligible to apply to for a visa to live in New Zealand.

You can choose to jump straight into a visa application – but that could have disastrous consequences. Imagine, for instance, how gutted you’ll be if you find out that you’ve spent months on an application for a visa for which you don’t qualify.

But ensuring that apply for the correct visa is only one way in which a visa assessment benefits you. Here are five more reasons why you should do an assessment:

1. You do not waste money

Let’s say you want to apply for a work visa or residency through the skilled migrant visa.

In most cases you’ll need to secure a job offer in order to secure the visa or residency. As the job search and visa process go hand-in-hand, there are sections of your visa application that should go ahead – and you should only be paying for these parts.

Yet there are many horror stories of applicants paying immigration companies in full for visa applications, only to see no progress with their planned migration.

Why? Because they didn’t go through an assessment phase where the application process is explained to them.

If you do an assessment, you’ll understand how the pieces of this puzzle fit together – and when it’s a good or bad idea to part with your money.

2. You do not build up false hopes of moving to New Zealand

So you’ve spotted your occupation on a skills shortage list and you’re over the moon. You’re moving to New Zealand!Not so fast. Just because your occupation appears on a New Zealand skills shortage list, doesn’t mean emigration is a given for you.

You’ll still need to meet a long list of other requirements to make it into New Zealand!

That’s where a visa assessment comes in. It measures your skills, occupations and qualifications, plus various other criteria, against what Immigration New Zealand asks of immigrants.

In other words, once you’ve completed your assessment, you’ll know for a fact whether or not New Zealand is a realistic dream for you.

3. You find out if you meet the basic criteria for a New Zealand visa or residency

Doing a visa assessment for New Zealand will ensure that you meet the basic emigration criteria  before you make a visa application.

This means you avoid unfortunate mistakes like:

• An application that fail because it didn’t cover the required details.
• Claiming experience that is not valid.
• Getting an incorrect points score.
• Missing opportunities for visa types.
• Forgetting that all family members must meet certain criteria.
• And the list goes on….

Instead, you submit an application that’s prepared correctly, in the full knowledge that you meet all requirements.

4. You discover the best route forward

A comprehensive visa assessment for New Zealand will reveal how you should proceed with your immigration.

In other words, you’ll know what visa you can apply for and with what parts of the visa process you can proceed. You’ll also know where there are still gaps, for instance documents that you might have to apply for in order to complete certain parts of the application process.

5. You also get to ask any question you may have

It is to be expected that you have a long list of questions about immigration to New Zealand. If you’re dealing with a reputable advisor, he or she will give you an opportunity to ask all those questions.

Don’t be afraid to ask any questions! Immigrating is a huge undertaking and you owe it to yourself to have all the information you feel that you need.

Ready to take a visa assessment for New Zealand?

At Intergate Emigration, our advisors are licensed and registered with New Zealand’s IAA. That means our advisors are authorised to give immigration advice for New Zealand.

You can get advice by booking a consultation call. One of our licensed advisors will assess your eligibility and then discuss your visa options with you. You’ll know exactly what you chances of immigrating is and how to proceed!