WA3.50 Currency and approval specifications of a Job Check (20/06/2022)

1. A Job Check may be approved for a duration of 6 months.
2. An approved Job Check will expire after 6 months, or when the employer’s accreditation lapses or is revoked, whichever occurs first.
3. Throughout any period that the employer’s accreditation is suspended, any current Job Checks the employer holds will be unable to be used to support an Accredited Employer work visa application.
4. An approved Job Check will specify:
   1. the occupation; and
   2. the minimum and maximum remuneration for the employment; and
   3. the location of the employment; and
   4. the number of jobs approved; and
   5. the Job Check start date; and
   6. the Job Check expiry date.
5. If an employer applies for a Job Check for multiple jobs, an immigration officer may approve the Job Check for the same or fewer number of jobs requested, depending on whether each job meets the requirements set out at WA3.10.
6. Despite (a) and (b) above, a Job Check application approved before 4 July 2022 will expire on 4 January 2023, unless the employer’s accreditation is revoked earlier.

WA3.50.1 Associating a job to an employer

1. A job is associated to an employer when it is approved as part of a Job Check application. The job remains associated to the employer until:
   1. in the case of an Accredited Employer work visa being granted on the basis of the approved Job Check, that work visa:
      • expires; or
      • is cancelled; or
      • is varied to allow the visa holder to work for a different employer; or
   2. in the case of the approved Job Check not being used to support an Accredited Employer work visa application, or the work visa application being decided without a visa being granted, the approved Job Check:
      • expires; or
      • is cancelled.
2. If a(i) or (ii) above occurs, the job is no longer associated to the employer.

WA3.50.5 Using a Job Check to support an Accredited Employer work visa

1. When a job is approved as part of a Job Check application and is associated to the employer, a non-New Zealand citizen or resident visa holder can use it to apply for an Accredited Employer work visa.
2. The approved job may only be used to apply for an Accredited Employer work visa while the relevant Job Check is current.
3. The approved job may only be used to apply for one Accredited Employer work visa, except where (d) below applies.
4. While the Job Check is still current, the approved job can be used to apply for another Accredited Employer work visa application if:
   1. the employer notifies INZ that the previous offer of employment has been withdrawn; or
   2. the previous Accredited Employer work visa application that was made on the basis of the approved job is withdrawn; or
   3. the previous Accredited Employer work visa application that was made on the basis of the approved job is declined, and either:
      • a subsequent application for reconsideration is withdrawn or declined; or
      • it has been more than 14 days since the applicant received notice of the decision to decline the application and a subsequent application for reconsideration has not been received; or
      • the employer notifies INZ that the previous offer of employment has been withdrawn.

Effective 20/06/2022