Accredited employer visa

[Micros222]

Dear J and M,

Once accredited employer gets its approval from immigration, can they support employee right away? Is there any job qualifications for accredited employer? Or they can support any trades?

[JandM]

I don't know these details. This https://www.immigration.govt.nz/empl...dited-employer is the best description I've found of what a company has to do to become an accredited employer.

[ChrisMwn]

Dear J and M,

Once accredited employer gets its approval from immigration, can they support employee right away? Is there any job qualifications for accredited employer? Or they can support any trades?

WR1.10 Requirements for offers of employment

Offers of employment from accredited employers must be:

for employment in New Zealand in the accredited employer's core area of business activity and where the accredited employer will have direct responsibility for their work output; and
for a period of at least 24 months; and
for full-time employment, (that is it amounts to, on average, at least 30 hours per week); and
current at the time of assessing the application and at the time of grant of the visa; and
genuine; and
for a position with a minimum base salary of NZ$55,000 per annum; and
accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration, or eligibility for such registration, if full or provisional registration is required by law to take up the offer; and
compliant with all relevant employment law in force in New Zealand; and
with an employer who has a history of compliance with employment law and who is not included on a list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Labour Inspectorate(see W2.10.15 and Appendix 10).
Note:

~ Compliance with relevant New Zealand employment law includes but is not limited to:
* a written employment agreement that contains the necessary statutory specified terms and conditions
* meeting holiday and special leave requirements and other minimum statutory criteria
* meeting health and safety obligations.

~ For the avoidance of doubt, the minimum base salary excludes employment-related allowances (for example overtime, tool or uniform allowances, medical insurance, accommodation).

~ Where an employee is to work more than 40 hours per week, the minimum base salary must be calculated on the basis of 40 hours work per week.

~ The minimum base salary requirement of NZ$55,000 (see WR1.10 (f)) may be waived for applicants who have exceptional talent in a declared field of art, culture or sport and who hold an offer of employment in that field from an accredited employer.

[Micros222]

Thank you

[JandM]

Thanks, Chris, that's helpful.