Hi all the wonderful souls of ENZ,
I am planning to apply for Resident Visa under Skilled Migration Category as a University Tutor (Skilled Occupation Level 1).
I currently have two potential job offers as a University Tutor for first semester in 2017 - but none of these offers is full-time.
- one from a university in Christchurch (potentially 6 hours per week + some additional workload)
- the other from a university in Auckland (they said they definitely have work available for me but they will determine the exact role by the later half of October - and I'm expecting a better offer from them than the Christchurch one).
I currently have 3.5 years part-time experience as University Tutor in a comparable market (Australia) (15 hours per week, based on a 52 weeks year, but the actual average is much higher since academic years are much shorter).
Also, I have a level-09 recognized qualification (Masters).
And an IELTS score of L8.5, R9.0, W7.5, S8.0.
Lastly, I have sufficient funds available for sustenance.
My questions:
1. Can I claim points for these job offers, although they are not full-time? (If I can't, then I only have 100 points in which case EOI is a dream! )
2. Can the emails (usually from Head of School or Program Directors) be treated as job offers for the purpose of lodging EOI? (e.g. the Christchurch employer has specified that he can offer me a certain number of hours definitely, plus some additional hours depending on availability at that time)
3. Does my ability to successfully acquire employment in my nominated skill signify that there is demand for my skill in NZ?
Looking forward to your replies, especially JandM!
Thanks,
s.
P.S. I didn't see the requirement for job offer to be for full-time employment anywhere except only one place, page 11 of Form INZ1101, under the definition of Full-Time Employment, which is why I'm a bit confused whether it's talking about claiming points for experience or for job offer or both
Full-time employment
Employment is full time if it averages at least 30 hours a week. You can only gain points for skilled
employment that is full-time.