Employer Guide to Hiring Migrant Workers in New Zealand
This guide helps employers understand their visa options, accreditation requirements, job checks, and ongoing obligations when recruiting overseas workers.
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Hire migrant workers with confidence: Understand visa options, employer accreditation and job checks when hiring overseas workers in New Zealand.
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Meet your employer obligations: Learn how to manage labour market testing, pay requirements, settlement support and ongoing immigration compliance.
What's inside
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Understanding your visa options When you can hire a migrant worker without accreditation, and the two employer-supported pathways available to you..
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The Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) The three-step process, the three types of accreditation, and what you and your worker each need to meet..
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Becoming an accredited employer The four core requirements, including the financial viability tests and the settlement support checklist you must complete..
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Obtaining a job check How to advertise the role, satisfy the labour market test, and show Immigration New Zealand the position is genuine..