WL3.1 Determining an application for a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa
In order to be granted a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa applicants must:
hold a Silver Fern Job Search visa or a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa; and
hold an offer of skilled employment, and that employment is for a term of at least 12 months; and
meet temporary entry health and character requirements (see A4 and A5); and
not have held previous Silver Fern Practical Experience visas totalling more than two years.
WL3.1.1 Requirements for skilled employment
For the purpose of these instructions, skilled employment is employment which would be assessed as skilled under the Skilled Migrant Category (SM7.10).
Skilled employment must:
be full time (W2.2.10); and
be genuine; and
be for a position that is paid by salary or wages or in terms of a contract for service (payment by commission and/or retainer are not acceptable); and
be accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration if full or provisional registration is required by law to undertake the employment (see SM19.20); and
meet the generic work visa provisions at W2.10.