Accredited Employer Work Visa

Apply for this temporary visa if you have a job offer from an accredited employer, the skills and qualifications for the job, and a link to the visa application form.

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With this visa you can

• Work in New Zealand for an accredited employer who has offered you at least 30 hours work a week.
• Study for up to 3 months in any 12 month period, or do any study required as part of your employment.
• If you are eligible, apply for a Straight to Residence Visa, Work to Residence Visa, Care Workforce Work to Residence Visa or Transport Work to Residence Visa.
• If you are eligible, use skilled work experience in New Zealand to claim points towards the Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa.
  New Zealand skilled residence pathways

Things to note

• Most AEWV holders can stay in New Zealand for a total of 5 years. If you are paid less than the median wage or are employed in an ANZSCO level 4 or 5 job your total stay may be less than 5 years.
  How long you can stay on an AEWV
  Wage rate requirements for visas
• This visa links you with the employer who offered you the visa application for the length of your visa. If your situation changes, you must apply to vary the conditions of your visa or apply for a Job Change or apply for a new visa.
  Changing the conditions of a work visa or applying for a Job Change
• You may be able to support a work visa for your partner and visitor or student visas for your dependent children.
  Bringing family if you have an AEWV
• New Zealand employers or agents cannot charge you fees for a job or make you pay any of their recruitment costs.
  Protect yourself from immigration scams

Accredited Employer Work Visa

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What you need to apply

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Identity

You must provide proof of your identity

Prove your identity by providing:

• 1 acceptable photo, and
• a scan of the personal details page of your passport or certificate of identity.

After you apply, we let you know if we need to see your original passport.

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after you plan to leave New Zealand.

You must also provide your Kartu Keluarga.

If you are not a French national, you must provide a copy of your carte d’assuré.

You must also provide a copy of your livret de famille.

If you are a Filipino citizen leaving the Philippines, your passport must be valid for 6 months after the date you plan to leave. This is a departure requirement in the Philippines.

If you are a citizen of China and you submit a paper application form in China, you must also complete a supplementary form.

If you are submitting a paper application form, you must provide a supplementary form for Hong Kong and Macao visitors, workers and students.

Also provide a copy of your Identity card.

Also provide your:

• Hukou (household registration book)
• Chinese identity card.

Character

You must be of good character

If you have a criminal conviction or are a security risk to New Zealand we may not be able to grant you a visa.

You must provide police certificates if your total time in New Zealand will be 24 months or longer across all visits. This includes any time you have spent in New Zealand in the past on other visas, even if you have been out of the country since then.

You also must provide police certificates if we ask for them.

If you are 16 years old or younger you do not need to provide police certificates.

If you have already sent us Police Certificates with a previous visa application and they are less than 24 months old, you do not need to send them again.

Police certificates must be less than 6 months old when you submit your application. They must be from any country you are a citizen of, or have spent more than 5 years in since you turned 17.

If you provide a police certificate that is not in English, you must provide an English translation.

This includes police certificates that record no convictions.

The acceptable character certificate for the Philippines is the NBI clearance.