Essential Skills Work Visa

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Essential Skills Work Visa

If you have been offered a full-time job, and you have the necessary qualifications and experience to work in that job, you can apply for a temporary visa to work in New Zealand. Your employer must have checked if any New Zealanders were available to do the work, before offering you the job. If you are granted this visa, you may be able to support visa applications for your partner and dependent children.

Overview

LENGTH OF STAY

Up to 3 years

With this visa you can

Things to note

ESSENTIAL SKILLS WORK VISA CHANGES

This visa will be replaced by the Accredited Employer Work Visa from mid-2022.

Information about updated settings to Essential Skills visas in response to COVID-19.

On 19 July 2021, changes were made to Essential Skills visas to streamline application processing and increase visa duration. These changes include :

In addition, if the applicant is remaining in their current full time employment and not changing their role, employer or region of work then,

To be eligible for this (the removal of the labour market test and evidence requirements), the applicant must hold one of the following visas:

Labour market tests will still be required from employers for vacant roles, or where the worker will change the region they work in for the employer (this means if a worker changes employer or role or region, then their employer will be required to complete a labour market test). However, if the worker’s occupation is listed on one of Immigration New Zealand’s skills shortage lists and the applicant meets the requirements for qualifications or experience, then a labour market test is not required.

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