Clockwork Visa Services

24/07/2024

Ballots for the Pacific Access Category (PAC) and Samoan Quota (SQ) were drawn yesterday.

If your ballot is selected, INZ will confirm the Invitation 1st week of August.

Good Luck to everyone registered!!

26/06/2024

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you on board!

25/06/2024

From today, 26 June 2024, people holding an AEWV in roles at Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) levels 4 and 5 without a pathway to residency are no longer able to support work, visitor or student visa applications for their partners and dependent children.

How does this effect you? More information to come soon.

20/06/2024

INZ amendment circular out today containing changes to immigration instructions Green List (Appendix 13) to update work eligibility for partners of student visa holders.

"A person may be eligible for a work visa if their partner holds a student visa to study a level 7 or 8 qualification that is specified on the Green List.
Qualifications that are required for occupational registration have been added to Appendix 13 to extend eligibility to partners of students who are studying towards these qualifications".

21/05/2024

From 14 May, Immigration New Zealand has begun prioritising the allocation of Job Check and AEWV applications for occupations on the Green List. These occupations are already prioritised for skilled residence applications, and this will further fast-track filling essential skill gaps in the labour market.
INZ do not anticipate this will impact processing times for other AEWV applications. However, it is recommend employers and applicants continue to allow at least six weeks for each application stage of the AEWV.

19/05/2024

Pacific Access Category registrations commence today and close 30 June 2024.

Clockwork's first group of managed clients are now registered.

You can be in NZ or offshore. You can only include your partner, and dependent children aged 24 and under, in your residence application — if you first included them in your ballot registration.

The visa quotas have been increased. They are now up from 75 to 150 Kiribati citizens, 75 to 150 Tuvaluan citizens, 250 to 500 Tongan citizens and from 250 to 500 Fijian citizens.

09/05/2024

Calling Diesel Mechanics - comment for details

02/05/2024

Transport Sector Residence pathway -
Changes to previous announcement on eligibility for those who were working as Bus/Truck drivers.

Changes have been made to the Transport Sector Work to Residence instructions to allow people who signed an employment agreement to work as a bus or truck driver before 7 April 2024 to remain on the work to residence pathway, provided they started work within one month of either signing the employment agreement or being granted a non-Accredited Employer work visa.

The changes came into effect on 1 May 2024.

Send a message to learn more

26/04/2024

The 2024 Pacific Access Category and Samoan Quota ballots open on 20 May 2024. If you are Fijian, Tongan, Kiribatian or Tuvaluan citizens, aged 18-45 and either lawfully in NZ or still in your home country, this is worth a look.
Ballots will close on Sunday 30 June 2024 at 17:00 (NZST)

24/04/2024

From 1 May 2024 eligible Secondary School Teachers will be Tier 1 Green List, Straight to Residence.

20/04/2024

My wife and I would like to personally thank Cherie for guiding us throughout the SMC process. Prior to hiring Cherie, we had pitfalls with so called ‘immigration firms’ where we were simply a number and were unhelpful in advancing our case and slow in responding.
After a consultation with Cherie, we had a clear path to residency. Cherie was with us every step of the way and answering all our questions (Sometime repeated) patiently. Although we had a few minor snags in the process, I could not imagine a smoother process.
We now have our residency visa, and it has opened new doors for us, and my wife and I are both thrilled about our new prospects in New Zealand.

13/04/2024

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513313/visa-conditions-for-parents-grandparents-to-be

Erica Stanford is looking at reforms to family visas this term, bringing hope of a five-year visitor visa for parents and grandparents .

08/04/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5qJtWIB5GM

The COMPLETE guide to the NEW work visa rules in New Zealand

This explains the April 2024 updates to the Accredited Employer Work Visa rules in New Zealand

07/04/2024

What do the new AEWV and Residence changes mean to Us?????
Consultation requests are flowing in - Please forward your requests directly to [email protected]

07/04/2024

Substantial changes to temporary and resident visas moving forward. This is a must read for kiwi employers and migrants.
changes include:

- minimum skills and work experience threshold for most AEWV roles.

ANZSCO levels 4 & 5 ONLY ***
- English language requirements
-WINZ engagement for employers BEFORE approval
- 3 years maximum continuous stay

Franchisee accreditation category will be disestablished, and these businesses will be to apply to bring in workers from overseas through the standard, high-volume, or triangular employment accreditation. Link to Beehive news release in comments
*** exceptions may apply

03/04/2024

Secondary school teachers - from May will be on the Green List Tier 1 Straight to Residence.

The change allows eligible overseas secondary school teachers to apply for residence from outside New Zealand: when they have an offer of employment with an accredited employer, and without needing to work for 2 years in New Zealand first.

If you are a registered Secondary school teacher already in NZ, this is great news for you too!

Register your interest with us today

02/04/2024

Partnership category visa applications are a pathway for individuals to join their partners in New Zealand if they meet certain criteria. Partner of a New Zealander Resident Visa allows someone to obtain residence if they have a partner who is a New Zealand citizen or resident. Applicants must prove their relationship is genuine and stable and have lived together for at least 12 months. Required evidence includes proof of identity, good health, and character for both partners, as well as documents showing shared living arrangements, a genuine and stable relationship and financial interdependence. It's crucial for applicants to provide comprehensive and accurate documentation to support their application, ensuring the best chance of approval.

16/03/2024

Another successful outcome for a deserving family from Myanmar.
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I am writing this letter to express my sincere appreciation for the exceptional services provided by you and your team at Clock Work Visa Service throughout the immigration process for our family.
From the initial consultation to the successful granting of our visas, your expertise and professionalism have been invaluable. Your attention to detail, knowledge of immigration laws, and dedication to ensuring a smooth process have made a significant impact on our experience.
Your ability to guide us through the complex paperwork, promptly address our concerns, and provide clear and concise explanations of the steps involved in the immigration process have been commendable. Your commitment to keeping us informed at every stage, coupled with your timely responses to our queries, has made the entire journey stress-free.

12/03/2024

03/03/2024

Residence via old SMC for a registered Electrician from Fiji

03/03/2024

NZ Employers! Now is a great time to work with your Licensed Immigration Adviser to review your procedures and compliance to instructions.
Employers accredited with INZ are subject to Post-accreditation checks. Those employers accredited early in 2022 will be renewing their status in the coming months - key information from INZ below -
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Post-accreditation checks can occur at any time. We aim to check about 16% of accredited employers each year. As part of the application process, employers are advised there may be follow-up checks to ensure:

the undertakings and declarations they make during the application are correct, and
they are a good employer.
Meeting your AEWV accredited employer obligations

The 16% of post-accreditation checks we undertake is a combination of random selection, as well as:

targeted checks on a sample from all accredited employer types
checks on all franchisee and controlling third party business models, and
checks on any businesses that have been referred to us through a complaint or issue raised.
Post-accreditation checks are a routine process introduced as part of the new scheme. They are not related to investigations into employers of potential concern involving migrant workers holding an AEWV.

We expect employers to take their responsibilities seriously and comply with AEWV conditions. There are penalties for employers who do not comply with employment or immigration laws.

As at 1 March 24:
INZ has undertaken 2,854 post-accreditation checks on 2,318 employers. An additional 428 are underway for 386 employers.
MBIE has received 2,235 complaints against accredited employers. This number only indicates an allegation involving an accredited employer has been received, not whether the allegation can be substantiated.
There are currently 178 active investigations on accredited employers underway.
165 employers have had their accreditation revoked and 61 have had their accreditation suspended.
46 employers are under assessment to have their accreditation revoked and no employers are currently under assessment to have their accreditation suspended. Revocations and suspensions are due to a range of reasons, and a number are due to liquidation.

Key information about the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).

26/01/2024

It’s a scam - this person had the good sense to check but many don’t and things don’t turn out well.

26/01/2024

2024 opening dates for capped Working Holiday Schemes confirmed

The following table outlines the date each scheme will open, as well as how many places are available in each scheme for 2024.

Once each scheme opens, applications will be open until the quota is filled. Once the quota is filled, the scheme will close until 2025.

Working holiday schemes that still have places left from 2023 will remain open until the quota is reached. The quota will then reset on the 2024 opening date.

22/01/2024

From a previous client - she started with a UK based adviser, that didn't go well but is now living the kiwi dream after following her friend's recommendation to work with Clockwork Visa Services - her story is below.

My emigration journey began way back in 2015, when I used to come to New Zealand every year to visit my brother and family. I loved Aotearoa, felt right at home as soon as walked off the airplane on that very first visit, and it was on my 2015 holiday that one my brother’s friends offered to give me a job if I really wanted to live here. I went back to England, got in touch with an emigration bureau and so my journey began – lots of questions, lots of forms and as it turned out, lots of bad advice. By the time I came for what was to be my last holiday in 2017, I had appointments arranged with recruiters in Auckland, and I got the shock of my life to discover that the advice the emigration bureau had given me was not perhaps the best solution, and that there wouldn’t be many NZ companies that would wait 6 months or more for a residency visa to come through. A friend of a friend of my brother’s recommended Cherie, and from that first phone call, all my fears were swept to one side – Cherie took time to explain how it worked, that someone in my position would be better off with a work visa and once here, to then apply for Residency – which was my ultimate goal.
As fate would have it, before I left Auckland on that 2017 holiday, I had an interview in Whangarei and was able to tell them with confidence everything that Cherie had explained to me in my being able to come to work here if I was offered the job. And that’s Cherie in a nutshell, she makes simple what others make complicated! Don’t get me wrong, it’s not easy moving from one country to another and Cherie explains things in a way that make sense, takes the time to understand your situation and what would work for you. And I threw her a couple of curveballs – my medical history and my qualification. I am a qualified accountant and needed my qualification verified, and I needed to go and see a medical examiner to get my health evaluated so that I could prove I would not be a burden to the health system.
Long story short, I was offered the job in Whangarei, my work visa was handled by Cherie and she painstakingly worked with me to get the evidence, proof, letters that I needed, and even advised my new employer in Whangarei what to do. I arrived in January 2018 to start my new life, and with Cherie’s help, I applied for Residency by that April which was approved a few months later in September. And since then, I have become a Permanent Resident.
Along the way, Cherie was there, always at the end of the phone or email, with advice, friendly banter, encouragement and above all else, compassion and patience. I couldn’t have done this without Cherie – if I hadn’t had made that phone call back in 2017 after that meeting with the recruiter in Auckland, I would probably still be in England wishing for a life in the South Pacific. I wouldn’t be here, wouldn’t be living my dream, without her! She held my hand throughout the entire process, laughed with me, talked straight when I need it and listened.
Professional, knowledgeable, compassionate, honest- just four words to describe a wonderful immigration consultant, and a decent human being!