A Practical Guide For Employers About The New Accredited Employer Work Visa

A Practical Guide For Employers About The New Accredited Employer Work Visa

Immigration New Zealand has overhauled the employer-assisted temporary work visa system. The new Accredited Employer Work Visa is an employer-led 3-step process.

Join Brendon Gardner (Relationship Manager at Immigration New Zealand) and Lauren Qiu (principal Immigration Lawyer at Stay Legal – New Zealand Immigration Law Firm) to gain practical insights, learn about the potential pitfalls, and learn about how to stay compliant.

Topics Included:

• Overview of the Accredited Employer Work Visa.
• How to gain and keep Employer Accreditation.
• What to watch out for when applying for a Job Check.
• Things to consider when supporting a migrant worker on an Accredited Employer Work Visa.
• Tips to stay complaint as an employer for immigration purposes.

Learning Outcomes:

• Gain practical insights on the Accredited Employer Work Visa.
• Learn about Employer Accreditation and Job Check potential pitfalls.
• Learn practical immigration compliance tips.

All business owners, human resource professionals, management, and other business advisers.

Lauren Qiu is the Principal Immigration Lawyer of Stay Legal. Lauren has worked for a multi-award-winning boutique law firm in central Auckland and for one of Tauranga's respected law firms. She has presented at national and regional seminars on immigration law. Lauren is currently an immigration law guest lecturer at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology teaching aspiring immigration advisers. Lauren enjoys providing practical immigration solutions. She has assisted employers with practical advice, high-net-worth individuals with tailored solutions, skilled migrants and their families to gain residency, and unlawful migrants regain their lawful status. She has successfully requested character waivers, medical waivers, ministerial special directions, and appeals.

Lauren is currently a member of the Tauranga Migrant Settlement Network (an Immigration New Zealand led Welcoming Communities initiative), a volunteer Immigration Solicitor providing pro bono advice at the Tauranga Citizens Advice Bureau, a committee member of New Zealand Law Society's Women in Law Association (Waikato Bay of Plenty Branch), the secretary of the Bay of Plenty Chinese Culture Society, a committee member of Bay of Plenty Chinese Business and Commerce Association, and she is the co-founder of Initiate (a Bay of Plenty networking group with a following of 1,700+ young people).

Please note as this is a webinar you will need a device that has access to wifi,  and ensure your video and audio is working. The webinar details will be sent out to registrants closer to the time of the webinar.