After your Job Check is approved
Once your Job Check has been approved you can ask a suitably qualified applicant to apply for an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).
How to apply for a Job Check
- Before you apply for a Job Check
- Advertise a job and engage with Work and Income
- Check your migrant is suitably qualified
- Reusing or resending a job token
- How we calculate pay rates for the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)
- Sector agreements and hiring migrants on an AEWV
- Apply for a Job Check
- After your Job Check is approved
We will send you an email confirming your Job Check has been approved.
Log in to Immigration Online to view your approved jobs.
Job check expiry
A migrant worker must apply for their AEWV while the job check approval is valid. The Job Check approval will expire if they do not apply for their work visa within 6 months.
We do not recommend applicants apply on the day of expiry as the exact timing of expiry may vary.
You may be able to reuse a job token if it does not get used by the migrant you asked to apply for an AEWV, or if they want to apply for their AEWV balance.
Reusing or resending a job token
Check your applicant is suitably qualified
Before you send an applicant a job token and ask them to apply for an AEWV, you must check the applicant:
- meets the AEWV skill requirements we set
- has the skills and experience you said are required for the job.
Check your migrant worker is suitably qualified
How long someone can stay in New Zealand on an AEWV
There is a limit to how long a migrant can spend in New Zealand while on an AEWV. Once they reach this limit, they must spend time outside New Zealand before they can apply for another AEWV. This is called a 'maximum continuous stay'.
Check how long someone can stay in New Zealand on an AEWV:
How long you can stay on an AEWV
Ask a migrant worker to apply
To ask a suitably skilled migrant to apply for an AEWV, log in to Immigration Online and then:
- go to your 'Approved jobs' — these are listed in the 'Approved jobs' section on the Accredited organisation, Accreditation certificate, and Job Check summary pages
- select 'Send request' from the Options drop-down list
- enter the migrant's full name and email address
- select 'Submit'.
This sends an email to the migrant with a unique link also known as a job token. The migrant must open the link and accept the request before they can begin their application.
If multiple jobs are approved for the same Job Check, each job will show in your 'Approved jobs'. You must send a new request for each individual job.
After a migrant worker has accepted your request they can log in to Immigration Online and apply for an AEWV. Their application will prepopulate relevant information from the associated Job Check.
Migrants must meet all the requirements of the AEWV, including additional requirements added on 7 April 2024. If your Job Check was approved before this date, they still must meet these requirements when they apply.
You must give the visa applicant a copy of their employment agreement and a copy of the signed employment offer before they begin their application.
When a worker's visa is nearing expiry
If your worker has reached their maximum continuous stay, they will not be able to renew their AEWV. They must leave New Zealand for the required amount of time before they can apply for another AEWV. They may be able to apply for another type of visa, such as a residence visa, if they meet all the requirements.
New Zealand skilled residence pathways
If they have not reached their maximum continuous stay, you may be able to support them to apply for a new AEWV. You may need to apply for another Job Check including advertising for suitable New Zealand workers first — or if you meet the requirements, you can reuse a job token if the worker is staying in the same role.
Reusing or resending a job token
If you have standard employer accreditation, check you have enough quota to continue employing them.