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Yes, at the moment, there is no fixed amount required to meet the maintenance requirement. Tier 1 is not in force in NZ yet. Under the current arrangement, they seem to have more discretion in deciding whether or not an applicant meets the maintenance requirement. I am sure the British High Commission in NZ have set their own informal requirements, however. That will change when the Tier 1 system comes into force. Under Tier 1, the requirements have been set quite clearly at 2800GBP.isnt the above notes for the New HSMP Tier 1 applications tho.. my friends back home in NZ have less than 2800GBP in their accounts (in NZ dollars) and have had their EC approved within the last month. I think if you have at least $5000NZD and details about how you are going to look for work, accomodation sorted and airfares paid for they take this into consideration as well.
I dont know the answer to that. I was planning to send my current passport (issued 2008) and my previous passport (issued in 2003). That only covers 5 years. I have no idea what happened to my passports prior to that.nznewbie wrote:When they say "previous passports required". Does this only apply to previous passports of the last 10 yrs ??
That makes sense.niw2 wrote:Yes, at the moment, there is no fixed amount required to meet the maintenance requirement. Tier 1 is not in force in NZ yet. Under the current arrangement, they seem to have more discretion in deciding whether or not an applicant meets the maintenance requirement. I am sure the British High Commission in NZ have set their own informal requirements, however. That will change when the Tier 1 system comes into force. Under Tier 1, the requirements have been set quite clearly at 2800GBP.isnt the above notes for the New HSMP Tier 1 applications tho.. my friends back home in NZ have less than 2800GBP in their accounts (in NZ dollars) and have had their EC approved within the last month. I think if you have at least $5000NZD and details about how you are going to look for work, accomodation sorted and airfares paid for they take this into consideration as well.
Hey mate,nznewbie wrote:Hi hsmpkiwi2
I just got an email from HO saying that they have made a decision on my case. Am so nervous to see if it was approved.
Yeah, i got IRD to write up a tax summary for me. Hope that works....Since i couldn't get the 12months summary from IRD i asked for exceptional consideration instead (12 months bank statement and letter from employer)
Regarding this point, the guidance notes to the HSMP application state:AFAIK we do not do a tax return in NZ - I don't even think there are any forms they send out?
The documents that the NZ IRD can provide us appear to satisfy these requirements.Definition of a tax return
52. The term ‘tax return’ may denote any of the
following:
• a document generated by a tax authority, which shows details of
declarable taxable income on which tax has been paid or is to be paid in a tax year (e.g. tax refund letter or demand);
• a document generated by your employer for the purposes of an official
return to a tax authority, showing details of earnings on which tax has
been paid in a tax year (e.g. P60 in the UK);
• a document generated by yourself/the business/the company for the purposes of an official return to a tax authority, showing details of your earnings on which tax has been paid/is to be paid in a tax year, which has been 'approved/registered/stamped' by the tax authority e.g. SARAL in India.
Self-certified tax documents, which you
have completed yourself are not
acceptable.
I didn't get one for my bachelor's degree at University of Canterbury and I passed. I think it's only for those institiutions or course of study that's not internationally recognised. University of Auckland is well-known so I wouldn't bother. Hope that helps ;o)mmh wrote:Hello,
I am in preparation for the initial HSMP application, could anyone please kindly clarify for me... for the point I am claiming for my education (Bachelor degree from University of Auckland), do I need to obtain a letter from NARIC confirming it is equivalent to the UK bachelor degree?
Thanks heaps,
MMH
nznewbie wrote:Hi hsmpkiwi2
When did you apply for HSMP ??
I applied on 22nd Feb and application received by HO on 27th Feb.
With regards to your question. Are you asking about EC or HSMP ??
My employer doesn't provide pay slips either and i can't get a tax return either as IRD doesn't provide it...
So what i submitted as evidence is:
1) Tax summary for period claimed (provided by IRD)
2) Bank statements
3) Letter from employer stating how much was earned for the claimed period (monthly breakdown of salary earned).
Hope this helps
I am in the same boat. I was extremely annoyed when the bank told me that they "cant" print out originals on bank letterhead. I dont expect there will be any problem if they are signed by a bank officer though. Point out that this has been done on your application letter, just to be sure, I suppose.Are your bank statements originals? I stopped the bank sending me monthly statements to save on bank charges ages ago. So had to go and get reprints from the bank but they were on A4 sheets so had to get the personnel at the bank to stamp and sign each single piece of sheet!!!!