Applying for a job check: process steps

How to apply for a job check

1. 1

   Step 1: Check if you need to advertise the job

   You must advertise the job unless it:

   • is on the Green List and meets the Green List requirements, or
   • pays at least NZD $59.32 an hour.

   Green list roles — jobs we need people for in New Zealand

2. 2

   Step 2: Advertise the job

   When you advertise, you must make genuine attempts to attract and recruit New Zealand workers.

   You can use a recruitment agency to advertise and find suitable applicants.

   Your job advertisement needs to include:

   • job title and location
   • a job description with details of the key tasks, duties and responsibilities
   • the minimum and maximum rate of pay or salary, or estimated actual earnings if actual earnings are not guaranteed
   • type of work and minimum guaranteed hours of work
   • the minimum skills, experience and qualifications for the job.

   Find out how to advertise the job.

   Advertising the job before you apply for a job check

   How long you will need to advertise for depends on what Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) skill level the job is.

   • If the job is ANZSCO skill level 1, 2 or 3, you must advertise for at least 14 days.
   • If the job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5, you must advertise for at least 21 days.

   What is ANZSCO and how to find your skill level

3. 3

   Step 3: Engage with Work and Income

   If the job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5 you must engage in with Work and Income to see if they can find someone in New Zealand to do the job. You must do this before you apply for a job check.

   You must engage with Work and Income in addition to advertising the job. You can advertise the job at the same time.

   Work and Income will decide either:

   • to list the job, or
   • that they cannot fill the vacancy and you do not need to engage with them further.

   If Work and Income does refer candidates who you think could be suitable, you must interview them.

   In most cases, we will accept your declaration that you have engaged with Work and Income in good faith. However, in some instances we may ask to see evidence of that engagement during the job check process. This evidence could include:

   • a copy of the completed Work and Income form, including the date it was submitted, details of your business, title of the job available, the number of positions available, and ANZSCO code
   • if the vacancy is listed by Work and Income, a screenshot of the listing
   • communications with Work and Income, such as emails provided when the listing closed or if they advised they have no candidates available.

   We may also contact Work and Income at any time to check you have engaged in good faith.

   Engaging with Work and Income before you apply for a job check

4. 4

   Step 4: Check you are ready to apply

   Before you apply for a job check, check that you:

   • have the right level of accreditation type for the job and how many people you want to hire.
   • know the job title, location and the ANZSCO code and skill level
   • have advertised the job and engaged with Work and Income if you need to have prepared your documents.

   Check if you can apply for AEWV employer accreditation and what type

   If you advertised the job, make sure you apply for a job check within 90 days of your job advertisement closing.

   Use our checklist to make sure you have everything you need for your application:

   Applying for a job check: employer checklist

   Note

   When you apply for a job check, we make sure you advertised the job, unless you are exempt.

   Jobs that are exempt from advertising

5. 5

   Step 5: Apply online

   If you have everything you need to apply for a job check, start your application.

   1. Log into Immigration Online using RealMe®.
      Log in using RealMe®

   2. Go to the 'Employ migrants' tab or choose the 'Employ migrants' button.

   3. Go to the 'My accredited organisations' section and find the organisation in the list.

   4. In the Options drop-down list, choose 'View accreditation' to open the 'Employer accreditation certificate' page.

   5. Choose 'Request a job check' to start your application.

   6. Complete and submit the online form. You will need to pay a fee.
       Paying for AEWV accreditation and job checks

   7. We process your application — if we need more information, we email you to request it.

   8. We email you with our decision.

   Note

   Check our wait times page to find up-to-date information on how long we are taking to process applications.

   Employer accreditation, job check and AEWV wait times

   Include multiple jobs in a job check application

   You can include multiple jobs in one job check application as long as:

   • the job details are the same ⁠— for example, they are all under the same ANZSCO code, and have the same occupation, pay, location and minimum requirements
   • they are covered by the same advertising and employment agreement.

   If the location, job title, or terms of work are different then you need a separate job check for each job.

   Share your application

   In Immigration Online, employers can share information about their organisation, accreditations, job checks and migrant workers.

   This means licensed immigration advisers and other users can work on job checks together.

   You can create a network in your Immigration Online dashboard. To add other people to your network, they need to provide you with their sharing ID and email address.

   Sharing an online visa application

   Enter the correct location for the job

   In your job check application, you must:

   • enter the location where most of the work will be based or take place
   • if the work will be based in more than 1 location, you must enter each location
     state if some travel is required.

   If the job requires some occasional travel or is based in 1 region but with some travel, you only need to list the location the person will be based in.

   If multiple jobs are included in your job check, the location details must be the same for each job.

   Example

   1. You are applying for a job check for a truck driver that will be based in Hamilton. The job requires daily travel across the Waikato, but the worker will return to the Hamilton depot each night. You can list the location as Hamilton in your job check application.
   2. You are applying for a job check for an engineer job. The worker will spend 6 months of the year in New Plymouth and 6 months in Dunedin. You must advertise in both locations and list both locations in your job check application.

   If we ask you for more information

   If we ask you for further information, we send you a link to upload up to 5 additional documents.

   If you have more than 5 documents to upload, follow the instructions in our Enhanced Immigration Online User Guide in section '4.4 Correspondence'.

   Enhancements to Immigration Online — A guide for users

   pdf,  

   4.1 MB

   There is a maximum file size limit of 10 MB per file. If you have issues uploading a document, you can try:

   • reducing the file size of the document, or
   • splitting the document into multiple smaller documents.

   If your application is declined

   If we decline your job check application, you can:

   • ask us to reconsider our decision, or
   • submit a new application.

   If your employer accreditation or job check application is declined

6. 6

   Step 6: Next steps

   If your job check application is approved, it will expire 6 months from the date it was approved.

   The next steps to employing migrants on an AEWV are to:

   • log into Immigration Online to view your approved jobs.
   • invite a migrant to apply for their AEWV.

   Recruiting and supporting a migrant to apply for an AEWV: process steps