Vietnam Special Work Visa — Support a candidate's visa application
If you want to hire someone from Vietnam to work as a chef or engineering professional, you can support an application for a Vietnam Special Work Visa.
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Length of visa
Up to
3 years
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Visas available
Each year
200
To support your candidate's visa application, you must:
- offer them a job, and provide a written employment agreement for the special work you would be bringing them to New Zealand to do, including a detailed job description
- comply with New Zealand employment law.
This option helps you:
- hire someone from Vietnam for a job in certain occupations that is assessed at the appropriate skill level under the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO).
You do not need to check if there are any New Zealanders who can do the work, before making a job offer.
What an employer needs to do
Job offer
You must provide a written employment agreement, which your candidate will need to support their application.
When your candidate applies for a visa, they must provide a copy of a written employment agreement, which must:
- be for work as a chef or engineering professional that is assessed at the appropriate Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) skill level for the work
- be for at least 30 hours a week and be ongoing for up to 3 years
- include a detailed job description
- set out their pay and other conditions of employment
- include your name and contact details
- set out their working hours and the length of their contract
- detail any qualifications, experience or occupational registration needed to do the work
- comply with New Zealand employment law.
Note
If you are offering work as a chef, your job offer must be assessed as ANZSCO Skill Level 3.
If you are offering work as an engineering professional your job offer must be assessed as ANZSCO skill level 1.
Employer responsibilities and obligations
You must meet the minimum rights and obligations as an employer.
As an employer, this means:
- paying the same market rate you would pay a New Zealander to do the work
- meeting holiday and leave requirements
- providing a safe workplace.
Employee rights and responsibilities — Employment New Zealand
What happens next
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Step 1: Provide a job offer
To employ someone under this category, you will first have to provide an offer of full-time work as a chef or engineering professional that is assessed at the appropriate ANZSCO skill level for the work.
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Step 2: Candidate applies for a work visa
Your candidate will need to apply for a visa to allow them to work for you.
For us to process their visa application, they must send us all the information we ask for, including a copy of their employment agreement and evidence they have the qualifications and practical experience to do the work they have been offered.
We may contact you for more information about your job offer.
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Step 3: Wait for a decision
We make a decision about your candidate’s application as soon as we can. Find out how long these visas usually take to decide, in our Fees, decision times and where to apply tool.
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Step 4: Employee starts work
Your candidate must be granted a visa before they can start working for you.
Once their visa is granted, they have 6 months to arrive in New Zealand.
Your employee will only be able to work for you doing the special work they have been brought to New Zealand to do. They will not be allowed to work for anyone else or do any other work, even if that work is for you.