Specific Purpose or Event Work Visa — Support a candidate's visa application
If you want to bring someone for a limited time for a specific purpose or event. The person you engage or employ will need to have skills and expertise that will benefit New Zealand.
What an employer needs to do
Job offer
You must provide a job offer, letter of invitation or schedule of events.
Your offer, letter or schedule must:
- set out the length of time your candidate will need to be in New Zealand for the specific purpose or event
- describe the specific purpose or event your candidate will need to be in New Zealand for.
Include your guarantee that you will cover the cost of your candidate’s return home, if they are unable to.
Employer Supplementary Form
You may need to provide an ‘Employer Supplementary Form’.
If you will be providing paid employment, you must complete an ‘Employer Supplementary Form’.
This will apply if you are offering:
- a job in a substantial New Zealand company or a New Zealand subsidiary of an overseas company to a senior or specialist business person
- a job to a dance or music examiner
- paid employment in a New Zealand sports club to a sports player or professional coach
- a job offer with a District Health Board to a Philippines nurse.
You will need to give your completed form to your candidate, who will need to include it with their work visa application.
Tip
You do not have to provide an Employer Supplementary Form for dance or music examiners whom you have provided a written invitation to.
What happens next
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Step 1: Provide a job offer
To bring someone to New Zealand under this visa, you will first have to provide a job offer. Your candidate will need to provide this to support their visa application.
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Step 2: Candidate applies for a work visa
For your candidate to be able to work for you, they will first need to apply for a work visa.
If they will be working in paid employment, their application will need to include an ‘Employer Supplementary Form’ completed by you.
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Step 3: Wait for a decision
We make a decision about your candidate’s application as soon as we can. You can view our historic visa timeframes below.
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Step 4: Employee starts work
Before your employee can start working for you, you must check they have the right visa and can work for you.