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Viable and genuinely operating business
Your business must be a registered employer with Inland Revenue (IRD).
Your business must be making a profit before depreciation and tax over the last 24 months.
Your business must have positive cash flow for each of the last 6 months.
Your business must have sufficient capital and external investment or funding (for example from a founder or parent company).
Your business must have a plan to ensure the business remains viable.
You must pay all recruitment costs in New Zealand and outside New Zealand. This includes, but is not limited to:
You must provide migrant workers with work-related settlement information within one month of the employee beginning their employment including:
Evidence for businesses operating less than 12 months may include:
Evidence of start-up capital or funding.
Cash-flow or revenue forecasts.
Contracts for work.
GST returns and PAYE returns.
● When you are approved for the first time you will receive employer accreditation for 12 months.
● At renewal, franchises and employers placing migrants on AEWVs with controlling third parties will get accreditation for a further 12 months.
● All other employers will get accreditation for 24 months when they renew, providing their previous accreditation has not lapsed for 12 months or more.
There may be checks during the accreditation period to ensure you still meet the accreditation requirements. This could include requesting information or doing a site visit.
You must provide information requested, and provide access for site visits. If you do not, your accreditation will be revoked.
If it is made aware at any point during the accreditation period that you do not meet the requirements, your accreditation will be revoked.
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Once you are accredited, you need to apply for a job check for each job you want to hire a migrant worker for. Note: The employer pays for the job check.
The job pays the market rate and meets wage thresholds applicable under the relevant job check pathway
The job’s terms and conditions comply with New Zealand employment laws and standards.
The job is for a minimum of 30 hours a week.
You have advertised the job to New Zealanders, if you need to, including the minimum and maximum expected pay rate and the skills or experience required.
If you offer the job to a migrant but do not hire them, you can offer the job to another suitable applicant. You do not have to redo the job check unless it has expired.
Multiple positions for the same job can be included in one job check if the job details are the same and are all covered by the same advertising (where required) and proposed employment agreement.
You can only hire a migrant worker on an AEWV for a job if it passed the job check.
If the job is paid at least 200% of the median wage, you do not need to advertise the role.
Visas for these jobs can be for up to 3 years and can offer a pathway to residence. Further details for this pathway will be provided as part of the Skilled Migrant Category review.
All other jobs must pay at least the median wage and you must have advertised to New Zealanders.
Visas for these jobs can be for up to 3 years.
The Government is considering whether there will be any exemptions to the requirement to pay at least the median wage, and restrictions for some other roles.
Calculating the minimum pay rate
To accommodate the median wage threshold, INZ will provide more flexibility when calculating the minimum pay rate for the AEWV.
From 4 July 2022, employee’s pay will be averaged over the number of hours paid in the pay period. Employers will need to guarantee in their worker’s employment that the equivalent of the median wage will be paid per hour, in each pay cycle. Some employers may need to change employment agreements to provide these guarantees.
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GUIDE TO WORK VISAS
There are several avenues you can take to acquire a visa to work in New Zealand. Below are several visas you can consider, but to pinpoint exactly what you need based on your circumstances, you can reach out to Zenith Immigration Solutions for expert guidance.
Post Study Open Work Visa
A Post-study work visa lets you work for any employer and in almost any job.Your partner can apply for a work visa and your dependent children can study fee-free as domestic students.
The employment you undertake must be related to the study you undertook in New Zealand.
A Graduate Diploma at NZQF Level 7
Skill specialisation and related employment:● Highway engineering = Construct project manager● Civil engineering = Construct project manager● Construction = Project builder● Construction management = Construct project manager, project builder● Construction project management = Construct project manager, project builder
A Graduate Diploma in Construction at NZQF Level 7
Skill specialisation and related employment:● Quantity Surveying = Quantity Surveyor
A Graduate Diploma in Quantity Surveying at NZQF Level 7
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Quantity Surveyor
A Graduate Diploma acceptable to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand for registration
Note: The applicant meets all the Council’s other requirements for teacher registration and certification.Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Primary, secondary or tertiary teacher
Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Note: The applicant meets all the Council’s other requirements for teacher registration and certification.Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Early childhood teacher
A qualification at NZQF Level 7 (Engineering)
Note: You must with a letter from Engineering New Zealand certifying that the qualification and any further learning meet the benchmark requirements towards Chartered Professional Engineer professional status in New Zealand.
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = (Engineer/civil/electrical/electronic/mechanical engineering technician
A Diploma at NZQF Level 6 (or higher with a minimum of 240 credits)
Skill specialisation and related employment:● Highway engineering = Construction project manager, project builder● Construction = Construction project manager, project builder● Construction management = Construction project manager, project builder
New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) with a strand in Civil Engineering, 240 credits
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Construction project manager, civil engineering technician
New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) Level 6 (or higher)
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Quantity Surveyor, project builder
New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Level 6 or higher) with a strand in Quantity Surveying, 240 credits
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Quantity Surveyor, project builder
New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Level 6 or higher) with a strand in Construction Economics, Construction Management or Building, 240 credits
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Project builder
New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) with a strand in Electrical Engineering, 240 credits
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Telecommunications, telecommunications network engineer, electrical engineering technician
New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6 or higher) with a strand in Electronics Engineering, 240 credits
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Electronic engineering technician
New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6 or higher) with a strand in Mechanical Engineering
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Mechanical engineering technician
Diploma at NZQF Level 5 (or higher)
Skill specialisation and related employment:● Farm management = Dairy cattle farmer● Agriculture = Dairy cattle farmer● Dairy technology = Dairy cattle farmer
A certificate at NZQF Level 4 (or higher)
Skill specialisation and related employment:● New Zealand Certificate in Automotive Electrical Engineering (NZQF Level 4) = Automative electrician● New Zealand Certificate in Heavy Automotive Engineering (NZQF Level 4) = Diesel motor mechanic● Dairy Farming or Livestock Farming strands of the New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture (Level 4) = Dairy cattle farmer
New Zealand Certificate in Automotive Electrical Engineering (Level 4)
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Automative electrician
New Zealand Certificate in Heavy Automotive Engineering (NZQF Level 4)
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Diesel motor mechanic
New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture (Level 4) with a strand in Dairy Farming or Livestock Farming
Skill specialisation and related employment:● N/A = Dairy cattle farmer
This visa allows the applicant to be employed while living in New Zealand, as well as study up to 3 months. They are also able to travel in and out of New Zealand during the duration of the visa.
Note: If the applicant has lived with the supporting partner for less than 12 months, then their visa will be for a year. More visas can be applied for and granted for up to 3 years total.
If the applicant has lived with their partner for more than 12 months, then their visa will be for up to 3 years total.
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This visa is to work in New Zealand if the applicant's partner is studying for an eligible level 7 or 8 qualification, or a level 9 or 10 qualification on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF). It allows the applicant to join their partner while they are studying in New Zealand, as well as work. They are also able to study up to 3 months. Finally, they are able to travel in and out of New Zealand as they please while their visa is valid.
This visa lets the applicant work in New Zealand while their partner is on a work visa. It also offers the applicant the opportunity to study for up to 3 months. Further, the applicant is able to travel in and out of New Zealand provided their visa is valid.