There is a wide range of visas available that permits workers to work in New Zealand. To work as a seasonal worker in either horticulture or viticulture industry, it is essential to obtain a special visa for seasonal work in New Zealand. You will be able to apply if there is an immense shortage of skilled workers in either of the respective industries.
You will not be able to include any partner or dependent child in this specific visa application. If you are having either a student visa or a visitor visa to New Zealand, then only it is possible to apply for a seasonal work visa. Successful obtaining of a seasonal work visa will help employers in the industries for supplementing their workforces with onshore people or with the ones having residence class visas.
How Many Supplementary Seasonal Visas will You Get?
Regarding the number of supplementary seasonal visas, a candidate will be granted only a single seasonal visa. If the person already had a seasonal visa earlier, then he or she will not be eligible to apply for the same. A person that has already been granted a work visa since the last visit to New Zealand will also not be eligible for a seasonal work visa.
With the disruption of the pandemic of COVID-19, changes in the policies of visas will help in ensuring proper recovery of the loss. The hiring of seasonal workers in the right location will ensure that proper production of fruits is done. It will help with the proper flow of money, thus protecting the economy of the country.
It will also help the industries to let them run smoothly. The change in the policy of visas will help in ensuring a good balance between meeting the labor needs of the respective industries and providing job opportunities to those that have lost their jobs during the pandemic.
To know more in detail about seasonal employer work visas or culturally arranged marriage visitor visas along with the assessment criteria and pitfalls, shoot an email at contact@nzimmigration.info or give a call at +64 9379 0219.
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