Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has announced that phase 2 updates have been made to the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment (LQEA) and will come into effect from March 25, 2024.
From that date, the list will be updated with qualifications awarded in the following countries:
- Australia
- Canada
- China
- Fiji
- Japan
In addition, updates will be made to the list for these countries added to the LQEA in September 2023;
- Malaysia
- South Africa
- United States of America
The updates to countries already on the LQEA includes adding:
- Master’s degrees to the list of qualifications awarded in Malaysia
- Doctoral Degrees to the list of qualifications awarded in South Africa and the United States of America.
More qualifications from additional countries will be added to the LQEA in further phases.
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