Changing visa conditions for employees in NZ
If you provided an essential business or service at Alert Level 4, you can apply for a short-term change inwork visa conditions on behalf of your employees. This short term Variation of Conditions ends at 11.59PM,Wednesday, 24 June. After this, the conditions set out inthe original visa – including the role, employer and hoursof work or study – apply.
Job Ready Program (JRP) Applications
From 11 June 2020, TRA is streamlining the way applications and documents are submitted to Trades Recognition Service (TRA)for all steps of the JRP.
The New Zealand Government has introduced a Bill to temporarily amend immigration legislation to support the quick and efficient management of visa changes during COVID-19.
The Bill will enable the government to amend visa conditions for groups of people, extend visas of groups of people for varying periods of time (enabling processing to be staggered), stop people overseas from making applications while it is not possible to travel to New Zealand due to border restrictions, and refuse entry to people entering New Zealand.
Pandemic Isolation Assistance Grants will be extended to temporary visa holders for immediate payment of $250 per individual or up to $1000 per family.
The initiative is not just for students, but also other temporary visa holders such as Work visa holders who have been impacted by the pandemic.
International students in Victoria will receive a relief payment of up to $1,100 as part of a Victorian Government emergency support package that will help tens of thousands of people across our state.
