New Zealand | ANZSCO to be Replaced

The New Zealand government announced the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) will soon be replaced with separate systems for both countries.

Key Points:

• ANZSCO is used by Immigration New Zealand for visa applications and grades occupations with skill levels ranging from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most skilled and 5 being the least skilled.
• A new classification system called the National Occupation List will be released on Nov. 20. However, Immigration New Zealand will continue using ANZSCO in the transition period and will publish an official date for the switch-over in 2025.

Additional Information: More information on the new National Occupation List from Statistics New Zealand can be found here. Officials stated that the replacement of ANZSCO resulted from a consultation period between the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Statistics New Zealand that determined separate systems would be preferred due to significant changes in the labor market in both countries.

This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice Group.

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