Dear Team,
This is my first post here, so Hello to all.
We wanted to find out the best way that my Kenyan friend could visit NZ and possibly work here for up to 1 year. We became friends after completing MT Kilimanjaro, since then I have assisted as a partner in his small tourism business. To better equip his business and provide some further skills, he wanted to come out and possibly work in the Tourism sector. In the future we would hope to get more Kenyans visiting NZ and vice Versa.
I checked the categories where the work may be required, Recreation, hospitality & tourism & Construction this is based in Canterbury, simply as in the beginning we would host my friend in our house and provide some security for him. There has been some comments regarding getting him here on a holiday visa and then securing a position, however I wanted to clarify this, as we do not want to break any rules in regards to the conditions laid out of a visitor visa.
Finally we do understand, there are medical records and conditions to be met by an approved medical practitioner in the home country and the requirement of having a return ticket.
Any further guides or information would be useful. I have made contact with an immigration lawyer, however cannot afford to go down this path, and are prepared to do the legwork ourselves.
Thanks in advance.
Greg