China Special Work Visa

Check if you are eligible to apply for this visa and what supporting documents and information you need to provide.

Identity

You must provide proof of your identity:

• 2 acceptable photos of your head and shoulders
• your passport or

Visa and NZeTA photos

You may provide your original passport, or a certified copy when you submit your application. If you provide a certified copy we may request your original passport to complete your application.

If you are applying from China

Also provide your:

• Hukou (household registration book)
• Chinese identity card.

If you are submitting a paper application form in China, you must also complete a supplementary form.

Health

You must be in good health.

You must have a chest X-ray and a medical examination as proof of your good health.

How to get an X-ray or medical examination

Citizens of China applying from China, Hong Kong or Macao

You must provide a chest X-ray completed in the last 3 months, even if you have provided one to us previously, if:

• you have spent 6 months in a row in China since the last X-ray certificate was issued, and
• you are now coming to New Zealand for more than 6 months.

Character

You must be of good character.

If you have a criminal conviction or are a security risk to New Zealand we may not be able to grant you a visa.

Character requirements for New Zealand visas

You must provide police certificates if your total time in New Zealand will be 24 months or longer across all visits. This includes any time you have spent in New Zealand in the past on other visas, even if you have been out of the country since then.

You also must provide police certificates if we ask for them.

Police certificates must be less than 6 months old when you submit your application. They must be from any country you are a citizen of, or have spent more than 5 years in since you turned 17.

If you are 16 years old or younger you do not need to provide police certificates.

Police certificates

How to get a police certificate

If you have already sent us police certificates with a previous visa application and they are less than 24 months old, you do not need to send them again.

If you provide a police certificate that is not in English, you must provide an . This includes police certificates that record no convictions.

Providing English translations of supporting documents

Genuine intentions

You must genuinely intend to meet the conditions of your visa.

When we decide if your intentions are genuine, we consider all the information:

• you provide to support your application
• we have about your personal circumstances
• you provided in any previous applications.

Genuine intentions to visit, study or work in New Zealand

Citizenship

You must be a citizen of the People's Republic of China.

You must provide a valid People's Republic of China passport.

New Zealand job offer

You must have an offer of full-time work.

You must provide:

• a copy of a job offer of full-time work from your New Zealand employer
• your employer's name and contact details
• a copy of your job description
• a copy of your employment agreement.

Employment agreements and rights — Employment New Zealand

Your New Zealand job offer must be for one of the following special work occupations:

• Chinese chef
• Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner (including nurses)
• Mandarin teacher's aide
• Wushu martial arts coach
• Chinese tourism specialist

If you have been offered a job as a Chinese tourism specialist, the job must:

• require use of Chinese language skills
• have a well-defined job description with an emphasis on customer interaction and engagement, and
• not involve general management or administration, cleaning, or hospitality in its primary capacity.

China Special Work Visa — evidence of qualifications

Qualifications

You must be qualified to do the work you have been offered.

The evidence you must provide depends on the work you will be doing in New Zealand.

China Special Work Visa — evidence of qualifications

Entry permission

You must apply for permission to enter New Zealand. You do this by completing a New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) form.

You can start your digital declaration any time, but the earliest you can submit it is 24 hours before starting your travel to New Zealand.

A paper declaration form is available for travellers who cannot complete it online.

New Zealand Traveller Declaration

New Zealand Customs and Biosecurity also check that you meet their entry requirements.

Arriving in New Zealand

These are the conditions that you must meet once you have your visa. Your visa conditions are recorded in your eVisa.

Work

You may work only in the specific occupation, for the employer and in the location specified on your visa.

Study

You can study for up to 3 months.

Travel

You have to come to New Zealand within 6 months of the date your visa is granted.

After you arrive in New Zealand, you can come and go from New Zealand as many times as you like before your visa expires.

Visa expiry

You must leave New Zealand before your visa expires.