Get New Zealand Application 2020-2024

INZ 1060 November 2014 English Language Information For residence and business categories This leaflet will give you information on how well you must speak and understand English for a residence class visa or a long-term business visa. We call this the minimum standard of English. It will tell you who must meet the minimum standard what it is and what you must do to meet it. It will also tell you what you can do if people in your family do not meet the minimum standard. Why do we have a minimum standard of English If you can speak and understand English it will help you to get a job in New Zealand and help you and your family to settle successfully here. Who needs to meet the minimum standard Skilled Migrant Category the principal applicant and everyone aged 16 or over included in the application* Business categories the principal applicant and everyone aged 16 or over included in the application with the exception of the Investor Plus Investor 1 Category. Parent Category all applicants. Residence from Work Category principal applicants under the Religious Worker instructions must meet the minimum standard of English. immigration*govt. nz All other principal applicants under Residence from Work categories do not need to meet the minimum standard. Partners and any children aged 16 and over included in any Residence from Work application must meet a If your partner and children aged 16 and over do not language classes before we approve your application* Then they can learn English when they arrive in New Zealand. How do you show that you meet the There are different ways to show that you meet the of the categories on pages 4-7 to find out which applies to you. You may be able to show us that you have an English-speaking background or other reasons or provide us with an International English Language Testing System IELTS certificate. over do not meet the minimum standard they can pay us for ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages classes which they can attend when they arrive in page 7. If you provide evidence that you have an Englishspeaking background or you are a competent user of English we may still ask you to provide us with an IELTS certificate to show that you meet the minimum standard. Showing that you have an English-speaking you must show us evidence that you completed all your primary education and at least three years of your secondary education at a school or schools that taught in English or at least five years of your secondary education at a school or schools that taught in English or a course taught in English that took at least three years and led to a tertiary qualification or you can show us evidence that you hold one of the qualifications in the following table. QUALIFICATION General Certificate of Education GCE A levels from Britain or Singapore International Baccalaureate Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations HKALE STPM 920 Malaysia University of Cambridge in collaboration with University of Malaya General Certificate of English GCE A levels South African Matriculation Certificate South African Senior New Zealand tertiary entrance REQUIREMENTS Minimum C pass.