Information about Philippines Special Work Visa

You must provide proof of your identity:

• 2 acceptable photos of your head and shoulders
• your passport or certificate of identity

Acceptable photos

You may provide your original passport, or a certified copy when you submit your application. If you provide a certified copy we may request your original passport to complete your application.

You must have a chest x-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.

Getting an x-ray or medical examination

You may need to provide police certificates as proof of your good character.

If you are aged 17 or older and plan to stay in New Zealand for more than 24 months (including any time you have already spent in New Zealand), you must provide police certificates from:

• any country you are a citizen of
• any country you have spent more than 5 years in since you turned 17.

You do not need to provide police certificates if:

• you have provided them to us with an earlier visa application, and
• they were issued in the previous 24 months.

Good character

How to get a police certificate

When we decide if your intentions are genuine (bona fide), we consider all the information:

• you provide to support your application
• we have about your personal circumstances, and
• you provided in any previous applications.

Genuine intentions to visit, study or work in NZ

Evidence that you are a genuine visitor

You must provide a valid Philippines passport.

Any documents that prove you are living in the Philippines now. Examples include:

• current utility bills
• recent pay slips.

Any documents that prove you live in the Philippines permanently. Examples include:

• letters sent to your home address
• tax records
• references from your employer.

You must provide a copy of your employment agreement for full-time work, which must include:

• a description of the work you’ll be doing as a registered nurse, farm manager or engineering professional
• your employer’s name and contact details
• details of your pay and other conditions of your employment
• your working hours
• the length of your contract
• details of any qualifications, experience or occupational registration you’ll need to do the work.

We use the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) to assess if your job offer has the appropriate Skill Level for us to grant you a visa under the Philippines Special Work Instructions.

If we’re not sure about the skill level of the work you’ve been offered, we may contact you or your employer for more information.

You must provide a certified copy of your qualification that is assessed as equivalent to either:

• a New Zealand Bachelor of Nursing
• a New Zealand Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing, which can be a diploma or hospital-based certificate.

You must have a qualification or practical work experience relevant to your New Zealand job offer as a farm manager.

Your evidence may include a certified copy of:

• your qualification
• a letter from your current or previous employer(s) explaining the work you’ve done for them.

You must provide a certified copy of either:

• a bachelor’s degree (level 7 or above) and registration on the International Professional Engineers Register or Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Engineers Register
• a Washington Accord accredited engineering degree.

You must provide us with a certified copy of your New Zealand occupational registration.

If registration is required, you must provide us with a certified copy of your New Zealand occupational registration.

Occupational registration