One-off 2021 Resident visa - what are the scarce lists?
One of the ways to meet eligibility requirements is to hold a job that features on one of the "scarce lists"
What are the Scarce Lists?
Let's have a closer look at the jobs featured on one of the scarce lists, as published by Immigration New Zealand.
Under the one-off resident visa instructions, the following lists are deemed as meeting the requirements for a "Role in a scarce list"
1. Occupations on the Long Term Skill Shortage List
- Analyst programmer
- Automotive electrician
- Chef (chef de partie or higher)
- Chemical engineer
- Civil engineer
- Civil engineering technician
- Clinical psychologist
- Computer network and systems engineer
- Construction project manager
- Database administrator
- Developer programmer
- Diagnostic and interventional radiologist
- Diesel motor mechanic (including heavy vehicle inspector)
- Electric line mechanic
- Electrical engineer
- Electrical engineering technician
- Electrician (general)
- Electronic engineering technician
- Electronics engineer
- Engineering professional
- Environmental engineer
- Environmental research scientist
- Food technologist
- General practitioner
- Geotechnical engineer
- ICT business analyst
- ICT customer support officer
- ICT project manager
- ICT quality assurance engineer
- ICT security specialist
- ICT support and test engineer
- ICT support engineer
- ICT systems test engineer
- Industrial engineer
- Materials engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Medical laboratory scientist
- Medical radiation therapist
- Multimedia specialist (film animator)
- Multimedia specialist
- Network administrator
- Obstetrician and gynaecologist
- Organisation and methods analyst
- Other spatial scientist
- Physicist (medical)
- Physiotherapist
- Procurement manager
- Production or plant engineer
- Project builder (including building project manager and site foreman)
- Psychiatrist
- Quantity surveyor
- Registered nurse (aged care)
- Software engineer
- Software tester
- Software and applications programmer
- Sonographer
- Specialist physician in palliative medicine
- Structural engineer
- Surgeon (general)
- Surveyor
- Systems administrator
- Systems analyst
- Telecommunications engineer
- Telecommunications network engineer
- Veterinarian
- Web developer
2. Jobs requiring occupational registration in the health or education sector
- Chiropractor
- Clinical dental technician
- Clinical dental therapist
- Dental hygienist
- Dental technician
- Dental therapist
- Dentist
- Dietitian
- Dispensing optician
- Medical laboratory scientist/technologist
- Medical laboratory technician
- Medical practitioner
- Medical radiation technologist
- Midwives
- Nurse
- Occupational therapist
- Optometrist
- Osteopath
- Paramedic
- Pharmacist
- Physiotherapist
- Podiatrist
- Psychologist
- Teacher (including Principals and registered Early Childhood Education teachers)
3. Personal carer and other critical health workers
- Aged and disabled carers
- Nursing support and personal care workers
- Paramedics and ambulance workers (including air and road)
- Physician associates
- Special care workers
- Technical and support staff working in various services including theatre, laboratories, radiology, pharmacy services, oncology, haematology, pathology, hyperbaric medicine and mortuaries
- Workers who install, operate or maintain medical equipment
- Workers delivering mental health and addictions services, aged care, respite, home care and support, child health, palliative and hospice care, forensic health, and disability support
4. Specified primary sector jobs
- Agricultural and horticultural mobile plant operator
- Agricultural consultant
- Agricultural engineer
- Agricultural scientist
- Agricultural technician
- Anaesthetic technician
- Animal attendants and trainers nec
- Apiarist
- Aquaculture farmer
- Aquaculture worker
- Arborist
- Baker
- Baking factory worker
- Beef cattle farm worker
- Beef cattle farmer
- Boat builder and repairer
- Brewery worker
- Butcher or smallgoods maker
- Cabinetmakers
- Cardiac technician
- Chef
- Chemist
- Confectionery maker
- Conservation Officer
- Cook
- Cotton Grower
- Crop farm workers nec
- Crop Farmers nec
- Dairy cattle farm worker
- Dairy cattle farmer
- Dairy products maker
- Deck hand
- Deer farmer
- Dog handler or trainer
- Environmental consultant
- Environmental engineer
- Environmental manager
- Environmental research scientist
- Environmental scientists nec
- Fabric and textile factory worker
- Farm, forestry and garden workers
- Farrier
- Fencer
- Fisheries officer
- Fishing hand
- Florist
- Food and drink factory workers nec
- Food technologist
- Food trades assistants nec
- Footwear production machine operator
- Forester (AUS) / Forest scientist (NZ)
- Forestry worker
- Fruit and vegetable factory worker
- Fruit and vegetable packer
- Fruit or nut farm worker
- Fruit or Nut Grower
- Fruit or nut picker
- Furniture finisher
- Gardener (general)
- Goat farmer
- Grain mill worker
- Grain, oilseed or pasture farm worker (AUS) / Field crop farm worker (NZ)
- Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower / Field Crop Grower
- Grape Grower
- Greenskeeper
- Hide and skin processing machines operators
- Hide and skin processing worker
- Horse breeder
- Horse groomer
- Horticultural nursery assistant
- Hunter-trapper
- Kennel hand
- Knitting machine operator
- Landscape gardener
- Livestock farm workers nec
- Livestock farmers
- Logging assistant
- Logging plant operator
- Marine biologist
- Marine transport professionals nec
- Master fisher
- Meat boner and slicer
- Meat inspector
- Meat packer
- Meat process worker
- Medical laboratory technician
- Medical technician nec
- Mixed crop and livestock farm worker
- Mixed crop and livestock farmer
- Mixed Crop Farmer
- Mixed livestock farm worker
- Mixed livestock farmer
- Mushroom picker
- Nurserypersons
- Operating theatre technician
- Other wood processing machine operator nec
- Paper and pulp mill operator
- Paper products machine operator
- Park ranger
- Pastrycook
- Pastrycook's assistant
- Pathology collector / phlebotomist
- Pest controller
- Pet groomer
- Pharmacy technician
- Picture framer
- Pig farmer
- Poultry farm worker
- Poultry farmer
- Poultry process worker
- Primary products inspectors nec
- Production manager (forestry)
- Quarantine officer
- Saw maker and repairer
- Sawmill or timber yard worker
- Sawmilling operator
- Seafood packer
- Seafood process worker
- Shearer
- Sheep farm worker
- Sheep farmer
- Ship's engineer
- Ship's master
- Ship's officer
- Ship's surveyor
- Shipwright
- Slaughterer
- Stablehand
- Sugar Cane Grower
- Sugar mill worker
- Tanker driver
- Textile and footwear production machine operators nec
- Textile dyeing and finishing machine operator
- Tree faller
- Turf Grower
- Vegetable farm worker (AUS) / Market garden worker (NZ)
- Vegetable Grower (Aus) / Market Gardener (NZ)
- Vegetable picker
- Veterinarian
- Veterinary nurse
- Vineyard worker
- Weaving machine operator
- Wine maker
- Winery cellar hand
- Wood and wood products factory worker
- Wood machinist
- Wood machinist and other wood trades workers nec
- Wood turner
- Wool buyer
- Wool classer
- Wool handler
- Yard carding and spinning machine operator
- Zookeeper
Reminder of the eligibility criteria
To be eligible for the new one-off 2021-2022 resident visa you must:
- have been in New Zealand on 29 September 2021, and
- be on an eligible visa or have applied for an eligible visa on or before 29 September 2021 that is later granted.
You must also meet ONE of the three criteria:
- have lived in New Zealand for three or more years, OR
- earn at or above the median wage ($27 per hour), OR
- work in a role on a scarce list (listed on this page)
