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New Zealand Immigration & Recruitment simplifies the immigration process for businesses, guiding you through work visas, job checks, and accreditation. Let us be your partner in building a successful and diverse workforce.
Step 1:
Discuss your business needs with NZIL to determine the best immigration strategy for hiring international talent.
Step 2:
We assess your business's eligibility and prepare all necessary documentation to apply for accreditation with Immigration New Zealand.
Step 3:
Submit the accreditation application, ensuring all criteria are met and documentation is in order.
Step 4:
Prepare and submit Job Checks and Labour Market Testing, ensuring your roles meet Immigration New Zealand’s requirements for hiring international workers.
Step 5:
Maintain accreditation and compliance with ongoing support from NZIL, including assistance with visa applications for new hires.
Step 1:
Begin with a thorough call/meeting to understand your business needs and goals regarding immigration and talent acquisition.
Step 2:
NZIL develops a customised immigration strategy, ensuring alignment with your business objectives and compliance with New Zealand's immigration laws.
Step 3:
We guide you through obtaining accreditation, preparing all necessary documentation, and ensuring ongoing compliance with Immigration New Zealand's requirements.
Step 4:
NZIL supports your business in preparing Job Checks and assists with the visa application process for international hires, ensuring a smooth and successful outcome.
Step 5:
We continue to work with you, providing ongoing support to maintain compliance, manage new visa applications, and address any emerging issues, ensuring your business can thrive with the right international talent.
From assessing visa eligibility to securing long-term residence for your hires, we manage the complexities so you can focus on your business growth.
This service ensures your business meets Immigration New Zealand’s Job Check and Labour Market Testing requirements, allowing you to hire international workers seamlessly. NZIL helps you verify local talent availability, meet advertising standards, and navigate the application process. With our expertise, you can reduce the risk of visa delays and ensure full compliance with immigration regulations, making it easier to secure skilled overseas talent for your business needs.
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.
Our expertise simplifies the recruitment process, helping you find skilled professionals who meet your specific needs, all while ensuring compliance with New Zealand’s immigration laws.
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.
This can be as long as 6 to 8 weeks but again important to obtain advice to ensure you understand the criteria particularly in regard labour market testing.
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.
Generally an accredited employer work visa will be needed. This is the largest category of work visa issued to people who have been recruited by New Zealand businesses. If you want to offer a job to a foreign national, that person will most likely apply for this category of work visa. There are some exceptions, but they will depend on the nature and purpose of the employment.
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.
