Employer evidence required for an ATR
Evidence employers send with their Agreement to Recruit (ATR) application.
Note
Improvements were made to the RSE scheme on 2 September 2024. Learn more about what these changes mean for RSE employers and workers.
You must provide evidence when you apply for an Agreement to Recruit (ATR). The evidence you need is:
- a copy of the employment agreement you will offer overseas workers showing the required information
Minimum requirements for an RSE worker employment agreement - proposed pay deduction details, which need our approval, showing the worker's deductions:
- comply with relevant New Zealand employment legislation
- are for a specified purpose and for actual, reasonable, verifiable expenses
- are no more than those from New Zealanders (in comparable circumstances)
- accommodation evidence showing:
- you own the accommodation — if it is in Hawke’s Bay or the Bay of Plenty it needs to show the purchase date, or
- the accommodation meets requirements, if you do not own it, for example a rental agreement or similar, booking information, or council consent information (if it was purpose-built for horticulture and viticulture workers).
- copies of contracts for service you hold with third parties — if required in your application
- a signed letter of guarantee saying you will pay a fixed amount of repatriation costs to us if a worker breaks their visa conditions and must be sent home.
Pay repatriation costs to send an RSE worker home