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RTNZ Tools & Calculators
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RTNZ Tools & Calculators
Use RTNZ tools to test your pathway logic before you commit to a study, skilled migration, professional registration, Green List occupation check, or employer-targeting strategy. Tools are planning aids only. They do not replace official rules, formal assessment, licensed immigration advice where required, or Immigration New Zealand decisions.
Start with the right instrument
All 16 live RTNZ tools from the Tools Registry — primary calculators, registration roadmaps, and sector trackers.
Pathway Finder
Which route family to explore first when your situation is unclear.
PhD Strategic Alignment Matrix
Research fit, university alignment, funding logic, and supervisor-outreach readiness.
SMC 6-Point Calculator
Whether your skilled profile appears to meet SMC points themes before deeper review.
Green List Checker
Whether your occupation title appears connected to Green List occupation, tier, or pathway-reading logic.
NZ Green List Job Intelligence
Employer-targeting context for Green List candidates after the occupation/pathway question is clear.
Student Journey Map
How study level, work rights, compliance, and residence planning connect over time.
Student ROI Calculator
Financial return framing for New Zealand study, including cost and longer-term planning signals.
Doctor NZ Registration Roadmap
The likely MCNZ registration sequence before job search, visa planning, and family timing.
Nurse NZ Registration Roadmap
NCNZ registration, English, competence, and sequencing questions for overseas-trained nurses.
Pharmacist NZ Registration Roadmap
PCNZ pathway sequencing, assessment planning, and New Zealand practice implications.
Physiotherapist NZ Registration Roadmap
Registration sequence and evidence planning for overseas-trained physiotherapists.
Engineer NZ Registration Roadmap
Washington Accord context, recognition questions, role fit, and Green List pathway logic.
Teacher NZ Registration Roadmap
Teaching Council registration, role level, qualification evidence, and pathway timing.
Work to Residence Tracker
Employer, tenure, pay, and registration-evidence readiness themes for Work to Residence planning.
Care Workforce Tracker
Care-sector duty, qualification, employer-stability, and compliance-history preparation prompts.
Transport Tracker
Licensing, safety, employer, and continuity prompts for transport-sector roles.
Find your route through the RTNZ Tools system
RTNZ Tools are not meant to be used as isolated calculators. They work best as a pathway sequence. Start with the tool that answers your first real question, then move to the next tool only when the earlier step is clear.
- Student pathway
Study in New Zealand with a clearer plan
Use this pathway if you are comparing New Zealand study options, costs, future work rights, and long-term planning before committing to an application.
- Map the full study journey first.
- Check whether the financial plan makes sense.
- Use this only if the plan involves doctoral research.
Cannot decide: These tools cannot decide admission, visa approval, scholarship outcomes, future employment, or residence eligibility.
Review my study pathway → - Regulated professional pathway
Registration first, migration planning second
Use this pathway if your occupation needs New Zealand registration, licensing, or professional recognition before your migration or employment plan can be judged properly.
- Start with the profession-specific registration sequence.
- Check occupation and pathway orientation.
- Compare SMC if Green List fit is uncertain or incomplete.
- Use employer-targeting intelligence after the occupation and registration questions are clearer.
Cannot decide: These tools cannot decide registration approval, visa eligibility, job offer strength, salary compliance, or final residence outcome.
Review my professional pathway → - Skilled migration pathway
Compare Green List, SMC, and work-to-residence options
Use this pathway if you are already skilled or experienced and need to understand which New Zealand residence or work pathway is worth exploring first.
- Start with occupation and pathway orientation.
- Check whether SMC may be relevant.
- Review employer, tenure, pay, and evidence themes where Work to Residence may matter.
- Research employer-facing role signals after the pathway logic is clearer.
Cannot decide: These tools cannot decide visa approval, employer accreditation fit, salary compliance, registration requirements, or residence eligibility.
Review my skilled migration route → - Green List and employer targeting
Do not search employers before the pathway makes sense
Use this pathway if you are trying to move from occupation research into employer targeting without losing sight of registration, role match, salary, and evidence requirements.
- Confirm the occupation and tier question first.
- Check registration or recognition sequence before relying on employer targeting.
- Use employer-targeting intelligence after the first checks are clearer.
- Compare SMC if employer targeting alone does not give a complete pathway.
Cannot decide: These tools cannot decide whether an employer will hire you, whether a role will meet immigration instructions, or whether your evidence will be accepted.
Review my employer targeting plan → - PhD and research pathway
Test research fit before treating a PhD as a migration plan
Use this pathway if you are considering doctoral study in New Zealand and need to understand whether your research topic, supervisor outreach, funding logic, and long-term pathway planning fit together.
- Check topic and research alignment.
- Understand the wider study sequence.
- Check financial planning and value.
Cannot decide: These tools cannot decide university admission, supervisor acceptance, scholarship approval, visa approval, or future residence eligibility.
Review my PhD pathway → - Sector utility pathway
Use sector trackers as preparation tools, not final answers
Use this pathway if you are exploring care, transport, or Work to Residence preparation and need to organise employer, role, pay, licence, and evidence questions before seeking detailed advice.
- Use this if the correct route family is still unclear.
- Use this where Work to Residence may be relevant.
- Use this for care-sector preparation where relevant.
- Use this for transport-sector preparation where relevant.
- Compare SMC where points-based residence may be relevant.
Cannot decide: These tools cannot decide eligibility, employer fit, role compliance, licence acceptance, salary compliance, or final visa outcome.
Review my sector pathway →
Recommended tool journey
Green List planning usually moves from occupation check to registration roadmap, then migration comparison, then employer targeting, then advisory review.
- Check occupation or pathway
Start with Green List Checker when the question is occupation, tier, or pathway orientation. Use Pathway Finder when the route family itself is still unclear.
- Understand professional registration
If the role is regulated or recognition-sensitive, open the Registration Roadmap for your profession before employer outreach or residence comparison work.
- Compare migration and residence logic
Use SMC 6-Point Calculator when Green List fit is uncertain or you need a skilled-points comparison. Use Work to Residence Tracker when tier logic points to tenure-based residence planning.
- Explore employer and job targeting
Use NZ Green List Job Intelligence only after occupation/pathway context is clear and registration questions are understood where they apply.
- Move to strategy or advisory review
When money, timing, family movement, employer contact, or filing strategy is involved, move from self-checking into Check Eligibility or a strategy session.
Planning lens
Using tools for cross-border pathway planning
Tools are especially useful when you need a fast orientation pass, but remote planning still brings documentation, sequencing, professional-registration, employer, and household evidence questions into view. Keep every result in perspective.
- Treat calculator and roadmap outputs as structured prompts for questions—not as approvals, points guarantees, registration approvals, job offers, sponsorship guarantees, or filing instructions.
- For Green List planning, check the occupation/pathway question first, then the professional roadmap if registration matters, then employer-targeting intelligence when you are ready to assess role-market context.
- Pakistan applicants can use the tools, but the rule remains the New Zealand rule. Pakistan examples help explain common evidence patterns; they do not create separate eligibility settings.
- When a tool touches policy-sensitive topics, check the relevant route hub and official source before relying on the result for money, timing, employer, or family decisions.
Next steps: How RTNZ tools work · Tools FAQ · Study hub · Skilled Migration hub · Professionals hub · Compliance & trust centre
Trust & mechanics
Tool outputs are orientation prompts, not official decisions. These support pages explain how results should be used before you move into formal intake or a strategy session.
- How tools workWhat RTNZ tools can clarify, what they cannot decide, and how tool results should connect to route pages, official checks, and advisory review.Read how it works →
- Tools FAQShort answers on guarantees, official-source boundaries, Pakistan use cases, privacy, updates, and when to move from a tool to human review.Open Tools FAQ →
Professional and Green List tool guidance
- Green List Checker
Use this first when the question is whether an occupation title appears connected to Green List occupation, tier, registration, or pathway-reading logic.
- Green List job intelligence
Use this later when the next question is employer targeting: which roles appear connected to accredited employers and Green List pathway signals.
- Doctor roadmap
Use this when medical registration sequence, IME or comparable-system questions, employer timing, and residence planning need to be separated before action.
- Nurse roadmap
Use this when NCNZ registration, English evidence, competence requirements, and New Zealand nursing pathway timing need early structure.
- Pharmacist roadmap
Use this when pharmacy registration, assessment steps, intern-year planning, and New Zealand practice timing need to be understood before commitment.
- Physiotherapist roadmap
Use this when physiotherapy registration, evidence readiness, employer timing, and family movement need a staged New Zealand plan.
- Engineer roadmap
Use this when Washington Accord context, CPEng questions, role evidence, Green List fit, and employer targeting need to be separated clearly.
- Teacher roadmap
Use this when teaching registration, qualification evidence, school level, Green List tier logic, and certification timing need careful sequencing.
Related pages
Hub next steps
Tools sit beside route hubs. Use them for orientation, then continue in the silo that matches your question.
How RTNZ tools work
- Choose the live tool that matches your uncertainty
Use the Tools hub for the current registry-aligned list. Do not rely on old route names or legacy links from earlier pages.
- Check the question in the right order
For Green List users, start with occupation/pathway orientation, then registration-roadmap logic if the role is regulated, then employer-targeting intelligence when the pathway context is clear.
- Enter facts honestly
The output is only as useful as the inputs. Overstating experience, registration status, job offers, or funding can create a false sense of readiness.
- Read the result as orientation
Use the result to decide what to read next, what evidence to prepare, and which assumptions need official or professional confirmation.
- Move to review when the case becomes personal
When a decision affects money, timing, family movement, employer contact, or filing strategy, move from self-checking into Check Eligibility or a strategy session.
Featured next routes
- How tools workUnderstand boundaries before relying on any tool output.
- Tools FAQAnswers on guarantees, official status, privacy, and updates.
- StudyStudy planning, journey mapping, ROI, and PhD alignment.
- Skilled MigrationSMC, Green List, employer targeting, and evidence readiness.
- ProfessionalsRegistration roadmap planning for health, engineering, education, and other professionals.
- Compliance & trustHow RTNZ keeps public guidance cautious and outcome-safe.
FAQ
Tools hub — common questions
No. RTNZ tools are independent planning and orientation tools. They help you understand questions to investigate, but official eligibility and visa decisions remain with Immigration New Zealand.
No. Tool outputs are not guarantees. They depend on self-reported information and must be checked against official rules, registration authority requirements, employer evidence, and your full circumstances.
Green List Checker is for occupation and pathway orientation: it helps you check whether an occupation title appears connected to Green List logic. NZ Green List Job Intelligence is for the later employer-targeting stage: it helps you explore role and employer context after the occupation/pathway question is clearer.
Yes. The tools are global, but many examples are written with Pakistan applicants in mind because RTNZ serves Pakistan-trained students, professionals, families, and employer-led candidates. The rule is still the New Zealand rule; Pakistan is the example context.
Study applicants usually start with the Student Journey Map or ROI Calculator. Skilled workers may start with the SMC 6-Point Calculator or Green List Checker. Regulated professionals should start with the roadmap for their profession, then use Job Intelligence when employer targeting becomes the next question.
Policy-backed tools should be reviewed when the underlying rule, list, or data changes, with a minimum monthly review expectation for policy-backed tools under RTNZ governance. Always check official sources before acting on a major decision.
Use the tool for orientation only, then move into human review. Complex facts can change the safest pathway even when a basic tool result appears positive.
The Tools hub follows the current Tools Registry. Legacy or ungoverned tool names should not be used as public CTAs unless the registry marks them live and approved for linking.
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Use tools, then verify the pathway
The right next step is not always another calculator. When a result affects money, timing, family movement, employment, or filing strategy, move from self-checking into structured review.
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The 60/40 gated strategy
How we split your next quarter between orientation-grade signals and human review—available in full after eligibility review.
How we weight calculator output against advisory judgement
Tools fail when users treat scaffolding as filing authority. The 60/40 framework keeps pathway maps and points surfaces honest—structured inputs, explicit policy mode labels, and escalation to eligibility or a strategy session before irreversible decisions.
- When a tool narrows questions vs when it should stop
- Policy snapshot discipline vs live instruction changes
- Cross-linking to silo depth without duplicating licensed advice
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