New Zealand · Work authorisation
Issued by Immigration New Zealand. It is checked against conditions rather than scored, so the question is whether you meet each one, not how many points you gather.
Conditions
Available only where the specific role is published as a Tier 2 role on Immigration New Zealand's Green List, searched the same way as Tier 1. The job has to be with an Immigration New Zealand accredited employer; unlike Tier 1, this route requires 24 months of qualifying work before residence itself is granted.
Whatever qualification, registration, income or experience threshold Immigration New Zealand has published for the specific Tier 2 role, plus completion of the 24-month work period this route requires before residence is granted.
International Qualification Assessment (IQA), issued by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
This compares your degree to a local one. It is an academic statement and it does not authorise you to practise any profession.
Standard IQA (evaluates one qualification): NZD $445. 10 weeks
The procedure
Cost and time
Published processing times, not a prediction about your case.
Both halves together
Each one takes a profession into New Zealand and runs the recognition branch and the authorisation branch side by side, including what your country of qualification adds.
Evidence
2 official pages, each with the jurisdiction it speaks for and the date a human last opened it. The oldest is 2026-09-15, and that is the date this page is only as fresh as.
Is this the right permit for you?
The planner compares every route New Zealand opens to your country of qualification, and adds the recognition branch when your profession has one.