新西兰本地留学生需持有一份job offer或技能就业后才可以申请移民来源于2011年6月1号的新政策:
"Changes will also ensure that more former students who qualify for residence will be required to have a skilled job in New Zealand."
移民局原始公告地址为(PDF):http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/generalinformation/news/studentchanges.htm
参考新闻链接:
http://imedu.skykiwi.com/zhengce/2011-06-28/124072.html
SM7.15 Additional requirements for skilled employment
a. Skilled employment only qualifies for points if the employment is:
i. full time (employment is full-time if it amounts to, on average, at least 30 hours per week); and
ii. genuine; and
iii. 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), and
...
b. Employment must be ongoing and sustainable. Ongoing and sustainable employment is:
i. an offer of employment or current employment with a single employer and permanent, or indefinite, or for a stated term of at least twelve months with an option for the employee of further terms, and of which the employer is in a position to meet the terms specified; or
ii. employment on a contract basis where the applicant:
#has a consistent history of contract work, and
#has a current contract for services, and
#INZ is satisfied that such contract work is likely to be sustained.