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:

1. hold a Silver Fern Job Search visa or a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa; and
2. hold an offer of skilled employment, and that employment is for a term of at least 12 months; and
3. provide a completed Employer Supplementary Form (INZ 1113); and
4. meet temporary entry health and character requirements (see A4 and A5); and
5. not have held previous Silver Fern Practical Experience visas totalling more than two years.

WL3.1.1 Requirements for skilled employment

1. For the purpose of these instructions, skilled employment is employment which would be assessed as skilled under the Skilled Migrant Category (SM6.10).
2. Skilled employment must:
   1. be full time (W2.2.10); and
   2. be genuine; and
   3. 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
   4. be accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration if full or provisional registration is required by law to undertake the employment (see SM10.10.1); and
   5. meet the generic work visa provisions at W2.10; and
   6. be for an employer (including any person associated with the employer who is able to influence the recruitment, employment or supervision of workers of that employer) who has a history of compliance with employment and immigration law, is not included on a list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) (see W2.10.15, Appendix 10 and Appendix 18), and has not been convicted at any time of an offence under the following sections of the Crimes Act 1961: section 98 (Dealing in slaves), section 98C (Smuggling migrants), section 98D (Trafficking in persons).

Effective 11/04/2024