WR3.5 Requirements for offers of employment

Offers of employment must be:

1. for employment in New Zealand; and
2. for a period of at least 24 months; and
3. for full-time employment, (that is, it amounts to, on average, at least 30 hours per week); and
4. current at the time of assessing the application and at the time of grant of the visa; and
5. genuine; and
6. accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration, or eligibility for such registration, if full or provisional registration is required by law to take up the offer; and
7. compliant with all relevant employment law in force in New Zealand; and
8. made by an employer (including any person associated with the employer who is able to influence the recruitment, employment or supervision of workers of that employer) who:
   1. has a history of compliance with employment and immigration law, and
   2. is not on a list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) (see W2.10.15, Appendix 10 and Appendix 18), and
   3. has not been convicted at any time of an offence under the following sections of the Crimes Act 1961: section 98 (Dealing in slaves), section 98C (Smuggling migrants), section 98D (Trafficking in persons).

Note: Compliance with relevant New Zealand employment law includes but is not limited to:
~ a written employment agreement that contains the necessary statutory specified terms and conditions
~ meeting holiday and special leave requirements and other minimum statutory criteria
~ meeting health and safety obligations.

Effective 11/04/2024