Our team at NZIC helps New Zealand employers attract skills from overseas and makes the process of employing migrants straightforward and seamless.
We will provide the allround support you will need to find the skills you need for your business and assist your migrant candidate with their visa process.
Our Licensed Immigration Advisers will also
Our Job Portal facilitates the connection of global job seekers and New Zealand employers.
Check out our NZIC Job Portal.
To get in touch or register your job openings simply send us our Employer form.
The process of offering a job to a migrant is complex. It involves several stages.
You can apply for 1 of 4 different levels of accreditation.
Before you can apply for a Job Check you may need to advertise to check there are no New Zealand citizens or residents available for the job.
This is a way of giving suitable New Zealanders the chance to apply for work before it is offered to someone from overseas, and making sure employers offer attractive wages to New Zealanders.
You must list the job for at least 2 weeks on a national listing website or channel where suitable New Zealanders are likely to apply, and meet other advertising requirements. Advertising must take place within the 90 days before you submit an application.
You will not need to give evidence of advertising if the job:
Once you have accreditation you must apply for a Job Check.
You need to include:
Job Checks are valid for 6 months or until you no longer have accreditation.
We aim to process Job Checks within 2 weeks for straightforward applications. Straightforward applications include all required information and do not need follow up contact.
Your Job Check application will take longer than 2 weeks to process if it is:
An employer can complete the job check stage without proof of advertising if the job:
If you are an employer wanting to employ a migrant, ask us how we can help.
*Please note: New Zealand has previously used 3 Skill Shortages Lists that recorded the skill shortages in New Zealand. They were the:
These lists have been replaced by the Green List in-demand.
Employers can apply for accreditation .
Only accredited employers can hire a migrant worker on the AEWV.
They need accreditation in the new system – even if they are accredited under the current system.
The accreditation levels are:
Franchisees and employers wanting to place migrants on AEWVs with third parties (including labour hire companies) will need to meet additional criteria to get accredited.
Employers can apply for a job check.
The following principles apply to the job check:
Some job checks will also involve a labour market test.
When a labour market test is required:
When a labour market test is not required:
In the cities (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin):
Migrants can apply for this temporary work visa.
The migrant worker must show they meet:
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Anna was worth her weight in gold---she was fantastic at helping me format my CV and search for jobs that suited my skill set. In the end, I got a great job in a great city. Carsten and his team were very thorough and helpful when it came time to apply for and get our visas. They are now helping us with our resident visas, and I'm certain that the process will be the same. I'd recommend them highly.
NZIC guided me all the way through getting my first work visa to permanent residency. Their job seeking support was key when I first arrived in NZ, communication was always easy and clear. I'm very thankful for their help and definitely recommend their services.
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