Registration
We will accept your qualification if you have full or provisional registration and your qualification has been assessed by a New Zealand organisation as being comparable to a New Zealand qualification on Appendix 3: List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment.
NZQA assessment
As well as the qualifications on the lists, we accept qualifications that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) considers equivalent to an acceptable New Zealand qualification. In this situation, you will need to provide an NZQA assessment of your qualification.
If an NZQA assessment is required for an overseas qualification, a Pre-Assessment Result must be undertaken to support your Expression of Interest. If you are invited to apply for residence your qualification will then have to be fully assessed by the NZQA .