Use our online services selection, box to the right, to make an online application for selected visas. Or find out more about our online services.
Login here to apply for a visa as a dependent child. If you haven’t got an account, you can create one here.
Login here to apply for a visa as a partner. If you haven’t got an account, you can create one here.
To apply for this visa, you’ll first need to create an account. Once you’ve done this, you can then login and apply. You can also use your login to check your application status.
To submit an expression of interest, you’ll first need to create an account. Once you’ve done this, you can then login and submit an EOI. You can also use your login to check the status of your EOI.
Login here to apply online for your Student visa. If you haven't got an account, you can create one here.
If you are a current visa holder and provide your details to a third-party (such as a bank), they can use this information to verify your visa using the Visa Verification Service. Please read this information before you login.
VisaView allows education providers to check the details of a student's current visa. View our detailed guides for VisaView.
VisaView allows New Zealand employers to check the details of a worker's current visa. View our detailed guides for VisaView.
Login here to apply for your Visitor visa. If you haven't got an account, you can create one here.
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Login here to apply online for your Work visa. If you haven't got an account, you can create one here.
To apply for one of these visas, you’ll first need to create an account. Once you’ve done this, you can then login and apply. You can also use your login to check your application status.
Explore the visa options and employer schemes available to hire a candidate, and the steps to support a candidate's application.
Before a migrant can begin working for you, you must check that the conditions of their visa allow them to work. With VisaView, you can satisfy yourself that your prospective employee is able to settle here and work for you.
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VisaView allows New Zealand employers to check the details of a worker's current visa. View our detailed guides for VisaView.
LOGIN or CREATE AN ACCOUNTWhile the application process for most visas is led by the candidate, you will want to have met all your obligations so your potential employee can start working for you as soon as possible. This section has more detail about the requirements and conditions of various visas, and what support you can give to help your employees with their visa application process.
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If you frequently hire migrants or have many positions to fill, there are several options for streamlining the visa application process.
New Zealand employers who need to regularly recruit skilled overseas workers, can apply to become accredited. This option will allow them to employ skilled migrant workers without first having to check if any New Zealanders can do the work.
Arts and music festivals organisers can apply for approval to simplify visa processing. Performers and direct support staff participating in an ‘approved’ arts or music festival can come to New Zealand as visitors.
Entertainment industry employers can apply for accreditation to allow them to bring overseas entertainment industry workers to New Zealand without first having to ask the relevant New Zealand entertainment union, guild or professional association for their agreement.
Entertainment promoters can apply for approval to simplify visa processing. Performers and direct support staff participating in an ‘approved’ arts or music festival can come to New Zealand as visitors.
New Zealand employers can get approval to recruit temporary workers for jobs not on New Zealand’s skill shortage lists. Once approved, New Zealand employers can recruit as many workers as they need to supplement their workforce.
Labour hire employers can apply for accreditation to allow them to hire overseas workers to supplement their New Zealand workforce.
Employ workers drawn from the ballot for permanent employment of business activity – you don’t have to check if any New Zealanders are available to do the work first.
Becoming a Recognised Seasonal Employer can help horticulture or viticulture industry employers to recruit overseas workers when there aren’t enough NZers to plant, maintain, harvest and pack their crops.
Horticulture and viticulture industry employers can apply for an approval in principle to allow them to supplement their New Zealand workforce with overseas workers to meet seasonal demand.
Work Exchange Schemes allow New Zealand employers to arrange short-term work opportunities in New Zealand and overseas as part of a reciprocal agreement.
New Zealand Employers can apply for an Approval in Principle to recruit 7 or more foreign crew for work on a fishing vessel. They will only be approved if there aren’t enough New Zealanders available to do the work.
If you are recruiting workers for a role in Queenstown, the labour market test process may be a bit different.
The Canterbury Skills and Employment hub has now closed. Employers in Canterbury should follow the same process used throughout the rest of the country.
Before offering a job to a migrant who is already in New Zealand, you must check that the conditions of their visa allow them to work. Conditions vary depending on which visa a migrant holds and individual migrants may also have specific conditions on their visa.
Some students are able to work for up to 20 hours a week during the academic year and some may work full-time during breaks. Students studying in some fields are eligible for work visas to enable them to fulfil practical course requirements.
New Zealand has reciprocal agreements with more than 35 countries allowing people aged 18 to 30 years, and for some countries 18 to 35 years, to work temporarily while on holiday in New Zealand. Working holidaymakers from most participating countries can stay in New Zealand for up to a year. Citizens of the United Kingdom can stay for 23 months.
A Work Visa is typically granted based on a specific job. If you are looking to hire a migrant that already has a work visa based on a job offer from another employer, or you are offering a new job to a current employee they will need to inform Immigration New Zealand.
Most resident visa holders can work for any employer.
If you have an employee who is applying for a further work visa then they may be granted an interim visa that allows them to stay in New Zealand lawfully while their application is processed. They may be eligible to continue working on an interim visa if the job is in the same position, for the same employer and in the same location as their current visa.
