There are several benefits to people applying for roles on the green list.

⦁ Applications for these roles are simplified and given priority in processing

⦁ People successful in applying for these roles can fast-track their permanent residency, either becoming eligible for work-to-residence or straight-to-residence

⦁ Tertiary education students can study for one of these roles, get post-study work rights on the basis on that, and potentially move straight to PR

⦁ Some roles have minimum salaries set to encourage high quality applicants

Green List Skilled Occupations

As of October 2023, the skilled occupation list includes:

⦁ Anaesthetist

⦁ Chemical engineer

⦁ Civil engineer

⦁ Civil engineering technician

⦁ Clinical psychologists and psychologists

⦁ Construction project manager

⦁ Electrical engineer

⦁ Electrical engineering technician

⦁ Electronic engineering technician

⦁ Electronics engineer

⦁ Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified

⦁ Environmental engineer

⦁ Environmental research scientist

⦁ Food technologist

⦁ General practitioner

⦁ Geotechnical engineer

⦁ ICT managers (minimum salary NZ$120,000)

⦁ ICT security specialist (minimum salary NZ$120,000)

⦁ Industrial engineer

⦁ Materials engineer

⦁ Mechanical engineer

⦁ Medical laboratory scientist

⦁ Multimedia specialists (minimum salary NZ$95,000)

⦁ Orthoptist

⦁ Other medical practitioners (including dermatologist, gynaecologist, obstetrician, ophthalmologist, radiation oncologist and diagnostic and interventional radiologist)

⦁ Other spatial scientist

⦁ Physicist (medical)

⦁ Production or plant engineer

⦁ Project builder

⦁ Psychiatrist

⦁ Quantity surveyor

⦁ Resident medical officer

⦁ Software engineer (minimum salary NZ$120,000)

⦁ Specialist physicians not elsewhere classified

⦁ Structural engineer

⦁ Surgeons (Including cardiothoracic surgeon, general surgeons, neurosurgeon, otorhinolaryngologist, orthopaedic surgeon, vascular surgeon and urologist)

⦁ Surveyor

⦁ Telecommunications engineers

⦁ Telecommunications network engineers

⦁ Veterinarian

After a person has spent two years working in one of the following roles, eligible migrants can apply for residency.

⦁ All registered nurses (including aged care)

⦁ Anaesthetic technician

⦁ Audiologist

⦁ Automotive electrician

⦁ Dairy farm managers

⦁ Diesel motor mechanic (including heavy vehicle inspector)

⦁ Medical imaging technologist

⦁ Medical laboratory technician

⦁ Medical radiation therapist

⦁ Midwife

⦁ Occupational therapist

⦁ Plumber – registered

⦁ Podiatrist

⦁ Registered electrician (general)

⦁ Sonographer

⦁ Secondary school teachers with specialisations and registered ECE