New Zealand is warmly welcoming back skilled workers into the country after the turbulence of COVID-19.
There are also exciting changes to visa options available for those hoping to work here. Many employers greatly value the skills and dedication that migrant workers bring. Now is the perfect time to seek new career challenges and experiences in the unique community of Aotearoa.
NZ Visa Connections understands that migrants want to know how they can apply for a job without a visa or get a visa without a job. We can help you navigate this issue.
We can support your approach to employers, reassuring them about the visa application process.
When an employer knows that you have local professional immigration help, they feel more confident about making that important step of offering you the job.
Essential Skills Work Visa
This category closes on 3rd July 2022.
The Essential Skills Work Visa category is the most common choice for employers. Valid for up to 3 years it allows migrants to work in a specific job for an employer. You must be qualified to do the job and your employer must show they cannot find a New Zealander to fill the role.
This popular visa is being replaced by the new Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).
NZ Visa Connections can help you navigate this complex work visa category. It’s had many changes over the past 2 years in response to COVID-19 so professional help here is vital.
Accredited Employer Work Visa
This category opens from 4 July 2022
If you are an employer or business, please read more about how this new category can help you and affect your current processes of employing overseas workers here.
The new Accredited Employer work visa starts soon and will be the main pathway for overseas workers.
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- Your potential employer must be accredited with Immigration New Zealand.
- You must be offered a full-time position and have the skills or expertise to qualify you for the job.
- This visa may help you on your journey to acquiring residence.
- There are many criteria that must be met for this visa to be successfully achieved.
Get in touch now to see if you qualify.
Partnership Work Visa
Did you know you could get a work visa based on your partnership? Maybe your partner is a New Zealander or is working or studying here?
Your visa would be an ‘open’ work visa meaning you can work for any employer, part or full time.
A critical part of this visa is being able to prove you are living in a genuine and stable relationship. This sounds easy but is actually one of the most complex parts of most visa applications. Professional help can avoid your application being declined and can assist you to head to residence on a smooth pathway.
Working Holiday Visa
New Zealand is a famous destination for young people wanting to work and travel. There are various schemes available, depending on where you are from with some of these now open for working travellers.
Talk to us, we can help you work out if you can apply.
Post Study Work Visa
After completing your studies in New Zealand, this visa is a natural progression for international students looking to remain here and start their careers.
Typically, the New Zealand Post Study Work Visa is granted for a period of 1-3 years.
Applicants are required to provide:
- evidence of completion of their course of study
- proof of funds of $4200 per year to maintain themselves.
NZ Visa Connections can help you with your application, particularly if the recent border restrictions have inhibited your ability to stay in or return to New Zealand as a student.
Specific Purpose Work Visa
Immigration New Zealand offers a range of work visas which enable skilled workers to enter for a range of diverse purposes. If your situation is unique talk to us now to see whether one of these visas might be perfect for you. The complexity of this category can cause some vital steps to be missed.
NZ Visa Connections gives Immigration New Zealand all the information we know they’ll be looking for.
Immigration New Zealand offers a range of work visas which enable skilled workers to enter for a range of diverse purposes. If your situation is unique talk to us now to see whether one of these visas might be perfect for you. The complexity of this category can cause some vital steps to be missed.
NZ Visa Connections gives Immigration New Zealand all the information we know they’ll be looking for.