Glossary

A country that has agreed to allow the free movement of citizens within the Schengen Area.

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Seasonal activity is work that:

• happens during a peak of activity for an industry
• is in response to, and directly impacted by weather or climate changes
• is at a specific time in the year, and
• only takes place during part of the year, for a period of less than 9 months.

The work cannot include:

• planting, maintaining, harvesting and packing of crops in the horticulture and viticulture industries
• roles not directly related to the seasonal activity (for example, a barista or waitperson working in a ski field restaurant)
• permanent roles prompted by a seasonal peak (for example, dairy farm workers who enter New Zealand ahead of the calving season), or
• working as part of a foreign crew of a fishing vessel.

Roles can include, but are not limited to:

• rural contractors who are required for harvest seasons as the timing of harvests is weather dependent
• ski instructors and snow groomers who are required once there is sufficient snow for the ski season to open
• wine makers who are required once grapes are ready for harvest
• tree planting as there is a narrow time window for successful planting that is weather dependent, and
• jet boat or bungee operators who only operate in warmer seasons.

A person employed by the horticulture and viticulture industries to find people to do seasonal work in New Zealand, including for approved Supplementary Seasonal Employers.

Planting, maintaining, harvesting or packing crops in the horticulture or viticulture industries.

Sometimes visas are subject to extra conditions under section 49(1) of the Immigration Act 2009. We call these section 49 conditions. For example, if you are granted residence under the Skilled Migrant Category, a section 49 condition could be that you take up an offer of skilled employment within 3 months of arriving in New Zealand.

An allowance for certain sectors, for example, the Care sector or Transport sector, to pay Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) migrant workers a salary lower than the usual threshold.

A sharing ID is a code used to share most types of visitor visa applications online.

To give people access to your application, you will need their sharing ID.

Getting immigration advice 

If you have a sponsor, you will need your sponsor's sharing ID to use in your application.

Sponsorship process for a visa

A person is single if they are not living with a partner in a genuine and stable relationship.

Skilled residence applications include the:

• Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa
• Straight to Residence Visa
• Work to Residence Visa
• Care Workforce Work to Residence Visa
• Transport Work to Residence Visa

Skilled residence pathways in New Zealand

A report from New Zealand's Work and Income that detailed if any New Zealanders were available to work in a particular occupation.

A Skills Match Report was required for most Essential Skills applications for work that paid below the median wage.

A person who has the primary responsibility for the day-to-day care of a dependent relative or relatives in New Zealand, on an ongoing basis.

A visitor visa that allows people who are not tourists to visit New Zealand for a short time. You may be eligible for a visitor visa in a special category, if you have a specific reason for your visit. Examples include:

• for business reasons
• to take part in a New Zealand Trade and Enterprise or New Zealand Tourism Board Visiting Media Programme
• to join a vessel or aircraft as crew
• to take part in a sports event, either as a sports person, support staff, or media or broadcasting personnel
• as a visiting academic
• to take part in an approved arts or music festival
• to take part in a high-end music act.
• to travel to New Zealand as a tour escort.

A decision made by New Zealand’s Immigration Minister (or their delegate) to waive an immigration requirement for, or impose an immigration condition on a person, visa or document. Special directions are only made in very special circumstances.

Specialist personnel are employees who:

• are transferred to undertake a specific or specialist task at a senior level within an organisation
• possess knowledge of the organisation's service, research equipment, techniques or management.

A guarantee from a person, organisation or government agency to look after you while you visit, study, work or settle in New Zealand. If you are coming temporarily, your sponsor will also guarantee the cost of your return home.

An employer that has Immigration New Zealand approval under the Supplementary Seasonal Employer (SSE) scheme to recruit temporary visa holders already in New Zealand to plant, maintain, harvest or pack crops when there are not enough New Zealanders available to do the work.

A written statement of facts, signed by you declaring the facts you wrote are true. Declarations have to be signed in front of an authorised person, such as a Justice of the Peace, a barrister or solicitor, a Notary Public who also signs the statement to confirm it was signed by you.

Full fee-paying students must provide evidence they have enough money to live on while they are in New Zealand.

Evidence can include:

• bank statements showing funds held by or on behalf of the student that show the equivalent of NZD $15,000 for a full year of study, or NZD $1,250 per month in New Zealand. 
  If they applied after 31 July 2022, they need NZD $20,000 per year of tertiary, English language, or other non-compulsory education. For all compulsory education (years 1-13 at a school) they need proof of NZD $17,000 per year
• a 'Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry' completed by an acceptable sponsor
• a completed 'Financial Undertaking for a Student' form.

Funds held by or on behalf of the student must be from a genuine source (such as the salary of the student’s parents) and be available to the student throughout their stay in New Zealand.

People whose job it is to support sports events and tours, such as:

• team management, including coaches, administrative and logistics staff
• medical personnel, including doctors and physiotherapists
• match officials, including referees and umpires
• tournament officials, including judicial and anti-doping officials.

The level 4 support workers' minimum wage rate from 1 July 2022 is NZD $28.25 per hour.

The Sydney Accord is an international mutual recognition agreement for qualifications in the fields of engineering technology.

Sydney Accord accredited undergraduate degrees are recognised under the Skilled Migrant Category.

Sydney Accord signatories — International Engineering Alliance