Your migration planning worksheet

A worksheet that walks through the publicly available steps of a New Zealand immigration process so you can organise your own plan: tick off steps, add your own notes, and set your own target dates. You choose the pathway that interests you. This worksheet does not assess your eligibility or tell you which pathway to take.

Skilled / residence pathway: process worksheet

A general, publicly available outline of how a skilled residence application usually works, from reading the published rules through to a decision. It is a worksheet you fill in for yourself; it does not assess your eligibility or tell you whether to apply.

8 steps · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Employer-assisted work visa: process worksheet

A general outline of how an employer-assisted work visa usually works, including the published employer and job checks that generally happen before a person applies. It is background information you organise for yourself, not advice about your own situation.

6 steps · last reviewed 2026-06-28

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