alan83

Excuse my type-o above...my bad
The form asks for supporting evidence to be sent in way of

1. Evidence of work experience relavent to Job Offer
2. Evidence that I met or able to meet any neccessary new zeland registration requirements.

Can I any clarify what these would be?? I'm guessing Work experience would be my CV??

Persephone

No, your CV would not be acceptable as proof of prior work experience. After all you could make that up! Not implying anything there

You need things like contracts, first and last payslips, references on headed paper, tax records etc. Basically anything official.

As for proof of registration: email communication or letters from the reg body, certificates and so on. My reg body actually emailed INZ directly (and quite snottily!) when they didn't accept everything I had on file. Apparently it had happened before...So that could be another option.

alan83

Like I said I was guessing there...I have nothing of any relevance to the job offer as I've been of the tool's for over 5 year's and have no contact with any previous employer's or wage slip's.

excuse my thickness but im unsure who you mean by registration body??

alan83

I've actually just phoned the london office for INZ and my guess was actually right, My CV is an accepted form of job related evidence along with my qual certificates and any other evidience relating to the job offer I've been given.

The registration body doesn't apply to me... it's doctor's, dentist's, gas, and electricians etc.

Persephone

Interesting! Though you are talking about an Essential skills visa here. The applicant has to prove they are skilled at the job offered, this can be by having the correct qualification but in some occupations a certain amount of work experience can substitute the formal qualification.
So the amount of work experience (if any) might be irrelevant. In which case a CV is acceptable because you don't necessarily need to prove any work experience.

Just in case we were talking at cross purposes, I took your post to mean a CV as the only form of proof of work experience.
If having a set amount of experience is essential for your visa (and it may not be for you) then a CV on its own will not be enough. If INZ accept a CV as the only proof of work experience then that would be a massive loophole. Despite what you have been told, you may find the one processing your application will not be as accepting... However do you need to show more than a qualification? That depends on what ANZSCO says for your job!

I assumed you asked about registration because you needed it

alan83

I was asking as I was double checking I have all the supported documents listed on the app form, those 2 were the only ones I was unsure about.

The girl I spoke to said any evidence that show relavent work experience in same field as your job offer will help your application, along with the correct qualification's.
Registration doesn't apply to me as Joiner's are do not need to register to a professional body.

To be honest unless you take an INZ officer out for the day and show them the thing's you've built whilst working for your previous employers or knocking up a door & frame infront of them, there isn't a great deal you send as job related evidence. (In my view)

Persephone

To clarify for anyone else reading this; if you absolutely need to prove work experience in order to be granted a visa, then the following applies. This is what INZ class as proof:

You can send in a CV along with the above of course! Bear in mind that if you have the correct qualifications then you may not need to prove work experience at all.
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