Is an IQA required for my EOI if I'm getting more than 140 points?

[mizo]

Hi there,

If anyone can help me answer this question this will be great, I'm a software engineer working in New Zealand for more than one year. I'm preparing my documents to submit my EOI soon.

I can see that I'm getting more than 140 points without claiming any points for my qualification, so is it really needed to make an IQA?

The other thing that my qualification is not relevant to my skilled employment but I have more than seven years of work experience in the software industry at multinational companies across different countries including UK & NZ.

I have asked the immigration NZ office about that and they replied that for a software engineer it's either a relevant qualification level 7, or 5 years of work experience.

But I cannot get if the IQA is still needed or not?

Thanks,
mizo