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Get expert support to ensure your business meets Immigration New Zealand’s accreditation requirements. Our Accreditation Guidance service simplifies the process, helping you understand the different accreditation types, gather necessary documentation, and comply with all legal obligations. Achieve accreditation efficiently, enabling your business to hire skilled international workers with confidence and ease. Let NZIL guide you through each step of this crucial process.
Our Accreditation Guidance service is designed to help businesses navigate the accreditation process, ensuring you meet Immigration New Zealand’s requirements for hiring international workers. Whether you’re a small business or a large employer, accreditation demonstrates your commitment to ethical hiring practices, fair employment conditions, and legal compliance.
NZIL provides expert support to help you select the right accreditation type, prepare the necessary documentation, and maintain compliance, making it easier for your business to hire skilled overseas talent.
Step 1:
Choose the appropriate accreditation type based on the size of your business and your hiring needs (Standard or High-Volume).
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Collect necessary documents, including proof of business viability, compliance with employment laws, and good workplace practices.
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Apply online through Immigration New Zealand's portal, providing all required documentation.
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Immigration New Zealand reviews your application and makes a decision on your accreditation status.
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Ensure ongoing compliance with accreditation standards to maintain your status for future hires.
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In this webinar we'll guide you through the different accreditation types, the criteria for accreditation and our suggested systems to ensure you stay compliant. Along the way, we’ll share helpful tips and common pitfalls to avoid for a successful application and to maintain your accreditation status.
There are 75 different types of work visas, with 11 categories that may be relevant to a prospective employer. The category an employer should use depends upon the circumstances necessitating the hire, or the circumstances of the employee or prospective employee. And each category has its own differing criteria and documentation requirements. It can be a minefield for people to negotiate the complexities of these requirements unaided.
Standard and high-volume accreditation will last for 12 months initially and then 24 months upon renewal. Employers with labour hire employer accreditation will need to renew this every 12 months.
Generally employers will have to demonstrate they are financially sustainable, compliant with immigration and employment laws and also commit to specific obligations imposed on accredited employers. It is important that employers be familiar with those obligations and have systems in place to ensure compliance.
That will depend upon the number of work visa applications you wish to support and the number of overall work visa holders you will have on staff. We recommend employers seek professional advice on this point as it does come with additional costs from the government.
Some details, including the types of accreditation, have already been agreed while other details of the changes are still being worked on. There will be three levels of accreditation:
Most employers will need standard accreditation. What type is suitable for your business and what documents are needed as a consequence will be dependent upon your business's profile
The process can be very lengthy particularly the employer is not accredited and does not have a job check already approved. The processing times of these 2 employer applications can be lengthy. Requests to expedite the processing can be presented, but they have to be very cogent business reasons. The work visa application process itself can be 8 weeks or more and is influenced by Immigration New Zealand's workflow also processes associated with particular nationalities.
