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Accredited Employer Work Visa
Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) is issued by Immigration New Zealand. VisaAI tracks 18 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.
Last verified against the official source on .
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Requirements change. Confirm every item on Immigration New Zealand’s own page before you apply.
Conditions you must meet
- A full-time job offer from an accredited employer
- The offer must be current, at least 30 hours a week, from an accredited employer with an approved job check
- Meet INZ's skill requirements for your jobANZSCO/NOL skill levels are defined on separate INZ pages that are not registered sources, so no threshold is recorded.
- Hold occupational registration, if your job requires it in New ZealandDepends on the occupation; INZ does not list the registered occupations on this page.
- Time spent outside New Zealand may be required before another AEWVApplies only to repeat AEWV holders. VisaAI holds no record of prior AEWV stays, so no rule is attached.
- Show you can speak and understand English, if your job is skill level 3 to 5Quoted as INZ writes it, including the doubled verb ('your job is skill level is'). An excerpt is a quote, not a correction.
- Be in good health
- Have a good character
- Have a genuine reason for coming to New Zealand
- The employment agreement must name employer and employee, job title, workplace and duties
- An application is declined if money was offered or promised for the job offerINZ pairs this with a warning that job offer scams are common in India and South Asia. Recorded because the consequence is refusal, not merely advice.
- Stay of up to 5 years, based on the job offered
- Study limited to 3 months in any 12-month period
- The visa ties you to the employer; changing employer, job or location needs a variationExcerpt truncated where INZ's own sentence continues into a link. Recorded because a work visa silently tied to one employer is a condition people are caught by.
Documents you must provide
- A copy of the employment agreement and job description
- A signed copy of the job offer
Steps in the process
- Your employer sends you the link to the online application formStructural, like the Dutch student permit: the applicant cannot start this application unaided.
Government fees
- Application feefrom NZD 1,540INZ publishes this as a 'from' price; the final fee depends on where the application is made.
Official sources
- Accredited Employer Work Visa — Requirements, Immigration New Zealand