WR1.10 Requirements for offers of employment (07/10/2019)

Offers of employment from accredited employers must be:

1. 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
2. for a period of at least 24 months; and
3. for full-time employment, (that is it amounts to, on average, at least 30 hours per week); and
4. current at the time of assessing the application and at the time of grant of the visa; and
5. genuine; and
6. for a position with a minimum base salary of NZ$79,560 per annum; and
7. 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
8. compliant with all relevant employment law in force in New Zealand; and
9. 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$79,560 (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.

WR1.10.1 Applications for a subsequent Talent (Accredited Employers) work visa

A subsequent Talent (Accredited Employers) work visa application may be approved if the applicant:

1. holds a Talent (Accredited Employers) work visa at the time they apply; and
2. has made an application for residence under the Talent (Accredited Employers) residence instructions and a decision on that residence application is yet to be made; and
3. continues to meet the minimum base salary that was in place when they applied for their current visa; and
4. has an offer of employment:
   1. for a period of at least 12 months; and
   2. that meets all other requirements of WR1.10, except (b) and (f).

Effective 07/10/2019