{"id":38261,"date":"2025-09-23T07:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/38261\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:45:08","slug":"two-new-residence-pathways-for-skilled-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/38261\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new residence pathways for skilled migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trades and Technician Pathway is for migrants in specified skilled roles who have a relevant qualification at Level 4 or above.<\/p>\n<p>They would also need to have at least four years of relevant post-qualification skilled work experience, including at least 18 months in New Zealand where they have been paid at or above the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Trades and Technician pathway recognises the practical skills needed in industries where sub-degree qualifications are widely used and valued,&#8221; Stanford said.<\/p>\n<p>The immigration minister said the new pathways will help employers access the skills and experience needed to grow the economy, while also hiring New Zealanders where they can.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure the new pathways are focused on where skilled and experienced migrants are most needed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/nz\/specialisation\/recruitment\/new-zealand-unveils-changes-to-tighten-visa-scheme\/484444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">additional eligibility restrictions<\/a> will be placed on some occupations,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trades and Technician Pathway is for migrants in specified skilled roles who have a relevant qualification at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1144,111,43,139,69,35088,35087],"class_list":["post-38261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-human-resources","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-residence-pathways","tag-skilled-migrants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}