Vietnam Special Work Visa — Support a candidate's visa application

If you are looking to hire someone from Vietnam to work as a chef or engineering professional, you may be able to do so under this visa. To support your candidate’s visa application, you will need to provide them with a job offer for the special work you would bring them to New Zealand to do.

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.

Find your ANZSCO skill level

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

  1. 1

    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.

    Find your ANZSCO skill level

  2. 2

    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.

    Vietnam Special Work Visa

  3. 3

    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.

    Fees, decision times and where to apply

  4. 4

    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.