WL3.1 Determining an application for a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa (01/04/2017)

In order to be granted a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa applicants must:

1. hold a Silver Fern Job Search visa or a Silver Fern Practical Experience visa; and
2. hold an offer of skilled employment, and that employment is for a term of at least 12 months; and
3. provide a completed Employer Supplementary Form (INZ 1113); and
4. meet temporary entry health and character requirements (see A4 and A5); and
5. not have held previous Silver Fern Practical Experience visas totalling more than two years.

WL3.1.1 Requirements for skilled employment

1. For the purpose of these instructions, skilled employment is employment which would be assessed as skilled under the Skilled Migrant Category (SM7.10).
2. Skilled employment must:
   1. be full time (W2.2.10); and
   2. be genuine; and
   3. be for a position that is paid by salary or wages or in terms of a contract for service (payment by commission and/or retainer are not acceptable); and
   4. be accompanied by evidence of full or provisional registration if full or provisional registration is required by law to undertake the employment (see SM19.20); and
   5. meet the generic work visa provisions at W2.10; and
   6. be for an employer who has a history of compliance with employment law, and who is not included on a list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Labour Inspectorate (see W2.10.15 and Appendix 10).

Effective 01/04/2017