{"id":39402,"date":"2023-03-02T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T22:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/?p=39402"},"modified":"2023-10-19T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T11:39:07","slug":"immigration-work-rights-for-partners-of-migrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/news\/immigration-work-rights-for-partners-of-migrant-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration work rights for partners of migrant workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo by Miles Holden<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From 31 May 2023, partners of most Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) and Essential Skills Work Visa (ESWV) holders granted a partnership-based work visa must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work for an Accredited Employer <strong>and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Be paid at least the median wage or the wage threshold if the role is covered by an un-capped sector agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The median wage was set at NZD $29.66 on 27 February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>There are some exceptions to being paid the median wage. Details can be found on the Immigration NZ website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ed7d31;\"><strong>Visa options for partners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Partners of AEWV and ESWV holders can apply for their own work visa or a partnership visa based on their relationship to an AEWV or ESWV holder (the Partner of a Worker Work Visa).<\/p>\n<p>From 31 May 2023 partners who make a new application for a Partner of a Worker Work Visa will have the new visa conditions if approved. Partners will not need to have a job offer to apply for this visa. When granted, they can change employers without contacting Immigration NZ.<\/p>\n<p>Partners of AEWV and ESWV holders will usually be granted a visa for the same length of time as their supporting partners work visa.<\/p>\n<p>The change does not apply to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Existing partnership-based work visas holders (until their visa expires)<\/li>\n<li>Partners of migrants working in occupations on the Green List or paid twice the median wage<\/li>\n<li>Partners of New Zealanders<\/li>\n<li>Partners of those holding other temporary visas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are specific requirements for working within sector agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Partners who do not want to work can apply to come to New Zealand on Visitor Visas.<\/p>\n<p>All applications will be made using the Partner of a Worker form.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For any questions regarding this update or any further immigration matters, please contact Arno Nothnagel, our NZ Immigration Director, <a href=\"mailto:Arno.Nothnagel@absoluteimmigration.com\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners of AEWV and ESWV holders can apply for their own work visa or a partnership visa based on their relationship to an AEWV or ESWV holder (the Partner of a Worker Work Visa).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[108],"class_list":["post-39402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-work-rights-for-partners"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}