Applying for another Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)
If your AEWV is expiring check if you can get another AEWV and how to apply.
Working in New Zealand
- Getting a job
- Qualifications for work
- Skilled work
- Starting a business: Entrepreneur Work Visa
- Work rights
- How long can you work in New Zealand for
- How long you can stay on an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)
- Applying for another Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)
- Pay rates for existing Essential Skills Work Visas
- Qualifications eligible for a Post Study Work Visa (PSWV)
- Employing overseas entertainers
- Open work visa for former PSWV holders
- Check if an employer is accredited
- Wage rate requirements for visas
- Working part-time if you are a dependent child waiting for a residence visa
- Working remotely in New Zealand on a visitor visa
Check if you can get another AEWV
You can get another AEWV if the length of your first AEWV is less than the total time you can stay in New Zealand (we also call this your maximum continuous stay).
If you have already had more than 1 AEWV, you can get another AEWV if the total amount of time you have been in New Zealand on multiple AEWVs is less than the total time you can stay in New Zealand.
If you have stayed in New Zealand for as long as you are allowed on 1 or more AEWVs, you must leave for 12 months in a row — before you can apply for another AEWV.
Total time you can stay in New Zealand
The total time you can stay in New Zealand can be from 3 years to 5 years, depending on the ANZSCO skill level of your job and when you got your first AEWV.
How long you can stay on an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)
How to apply for another AEWV
To apply for another AEWV, your employer must send you a job token. A job token is a unique email link we send to employers as part of the job check process, it is also sometimes called a 'job check number'.
If you applied for your first AEWV:
- on or before 9 March 2025, you may be able to reuse your most recent job token
- on or after 10 March 2025, you cannot reuse a job token to apply for another AEWV. You must use a new job token instead.
Applying for another AEWV with a new job token
When to apply
You should apply for another AEWV when your current AEWV is close to expiring.
Check that any medical or police certificates you need for your application will still be valid at the time you apply. You should also check your employer will have a valid job token for you when your current AEWV is close to expiring.
You must meet all requirements for the AEWV when applying for another AEWV.
Check if you can reuse a job token
Reusing a job token means your employer does not need to get another job check. They can resend the job token from your most recent application.
To reuse a job token:
- you must be working in the same role, for the same employer and in the same location
- you must have got your current AEWV on or before 9 March 2025
- you must be paid the same amount as or more than your current job, and
- your employer must be accredited.
Check if an employer is accredited
Who cannot reuse a job token
You cannot reuse a job token if you applied for your current AEWV on or after 10 March 2025.
If you applied for your current AEWV on or before 9 March 2025, you cannot reuse a job token if you were paid less than NZD $29.66 an hour when you got your AEWV, and your AEWV was for one of the following jobs:
- Meat process worker
- Seafood process worker
- Snowsport instructor
- Mountain or glacier guide
- Snow groomer
- Outdoor adventure instructor
- Outdoor adventure guides nec
- Whitewater rafting guide
- Parachute rigger
- Ski technician
- Snow maker.
Applying for another AEWV with a reused job token
- Your employer sends you a request to apply for another AEWV with a reused job token.
- You receive an email with a job token.
- You accept the request. Open the Immigration Online link in the email to start the application for another AEWV.
NOTE: You can only accept the link to reuse a job token once. After that, you can log in from our website to continue your AEWV application.
Applying for another AEWV with a new job token
If you do not meet the requirements to reuse a job token, your employer must send you a new job token instead. This means they must get a new job check approved for your job.
Once your employer has done this, they can send you a link to apply for another AEWV.
- Your employer sends you a request to apply for another AEWV with a new job token.
- You receive an email with a job token.
- You accept the request. Select the Immigration Online link in the email to start the application for a another AEWV.
Partners and children
Your partner and any dependent children can also apply for another visa to match the length of your new AEWV. They must meet any relevant visa requirements and pay the fees for their applications.
If you have not supported a visa for your partner or children before, you must meet the pay and skill requirements for your job to support their applications.