该签证适用于在澳大利亚居住五年的新西兰公民申请，要求申请人于2016年2月19日或之前开始居住。
改革将于2021年7月1日生效，通过减少申请人必须达到指定收入门槛的年数，为189（新西兰）类别签证的申请人收入要求提供更大的灵活性。
最低工资要求
Minimum income amount
For paragraph 189.233(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the minimum amount of income for an income year mentioned in column 1 for an item of the following table, is specified in column 2 for that item.
| Item No. | Column 1 Income year | Column 2 Minimum amount |
| 1 | 2011-2012 | $49,330 |
| 2 | 2012-13 | $51,400 |
| 3 | 2013-14 | $53,900 |
| 4 | 2014-15 | $53,900 |
| 5 | 2015-16 | $53,900 |
| 6 | 2016-17 | $53,900 |
| 7 | 2017-18 | $53,900 |
| 8 | 2018-19 | $53,900 |
| 9 | 2019-20 | $53,900 |
为了进一步协助新西兰公民获得永久居留权，澳洲政府正在采取措施，协助在COVID-19之前在申请PR过程中的临时签证持有人保持获得189（新西兰）类别签证的资格。这些措施规定：
如果他们能够证明其2019-20年应纳税收入受到COVID-19的不利影响，则可以对收入要求进行让步。
由于COVID-19旅行限制而在国外停留的时间允许记为正在满足”usually resident”签证要求的申请人在澳大利亚居住。
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