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The Government is introducing a raft of changes early next month, which govern the way overseas workers must apply for a work visa.

The Essential Skills work visa will be discontinued after 3 July and, in order to offer a position to an overseas worker, an employer must first have achieved Accredited Employer status with INZ. If you are not registered in INZ's systems as an Accredited Employer, you will not be permitted to employ overseas workers.

Accreditation will be granted for 12 months initially, with an option to renew for up to 24 months - providing you still meet all the criteria at the time of applying.

TYPES OF ACCREDITATION
There are two types of Accreditation: Standard and High Volume.

Standard Accreditation permits you to employ up to 5 migrants in one period of Accreditation, while High Volume permits you to employ 6 or more migrants during that period. If you apply for Standard Accreditation and discover that you ultimately need to employ more than 5 migrants, there is a facility to apply to be upgraded to High Volume status, though it will be necessary to pay the difference in Government fee.

If you would like our help with preparing an application for either type of accreditation, please contact Igor on the number shown.

Enjoy the coming long weekend.

Just a brief reminder that, although the alert level doesn't allow us to visit our new offices just yet, we have now officially moved to our Constellation Drive address.

All mail for us should therefore please be addressed to the new premises, but if you have already sent anything to Ponsonby and it has been delayed by the postal situation, rest assured that it WILL (eventually) be re-directed to our new offices.

We look forward to seeing you there as soon as the lockdown permits.

Stay safe