I am full member of ICAEW and based on that I claimed full membership of NZICA. My question is: do I need NZQA assessment of ICAEW or NZICA? Law says:
SM14.20 Evidence
Principal applicants under the Skilled Migrant Category must submit their qualifications and provide a NZQA assessment (Pre Assessment Result (PAR), International Qualification Assessment (IQA) or Qualifications Assessment Report (QAR) (see SM14.35)) unless:
a) their qualification(s) is included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment; or
b) their qualification(s) is included in the List of Qualifications Recognised as an Exception; or
c) they have been awarded full or provisional registration by a New Zealand organisation authorised by law to give occupational registration, and registration involves an assessment that their overseas qualification(s) is comparable with a New Zealand qualification that is included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment.
I guess point c) applies to me but I am unable to interpret i.e. NZICA is not on the list of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment. Does it means even NZICA being NZ organisation assessed ICAEW as its equivalent but because NZICA is not on the Exempt list I need to have ICAEW assessed from NZQA?
Please note I do not hold any bachelors degree on top of ICAEW.
Thanks in advance