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Applying for another AEWV with a reused job check
You may be eligible for another AEWV from 10 March 2025, if your current AEWV was issued for less than 3 years.
From March 10 2025, the maximum visa length for AEWVs will match the total time you can stay in New Zealand on 1 or more AEWVs (your maximum continuous stay).
When you apply for another AEWV, you can reuse a job token if you are staying in your current job, in the same location and working for the same employer.
Jobs paid less than the median wage
You can apply for another AEWV to stay in New Zealand for either 3 or 5 years if:
- you are paid less than NZD $29.66 an hour (the February 2023 median wage), and
- your job is covered by a sector agreement or wage exemption.
You can stay in New Zealand for 3 years if your job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5, and for 5 years if your job is ANZSCO skill level 1, 2 or 3.
What is ANZSCO and how to find your skill level
Sector agreements and hiring migrants on an AEWV
Supporting dependent children
The higher income threshold will apply if you apply for your dependent child’s first visa after 10 March 2025. If your dependent child already has a visa, or if they have an application in progress on 9 March 2025, they will be assessed using the previous lower income threshold.
Bringing family if you have an AEWV
Recognition of higher ANZSCO skill levels
Once you get an AEWV, the ANZSCO skill level of your job determines your eligibility to support your partner or dependent children for long-term visas. Most ANZSCO skill level 4 and 5 AEWV holders are not able to support visas for family.
If you have an AEWV for one of the jobs that will be treated as ANZSCO skill level 3, you will be able to support family for visas from 10 March 2025 even if you got your AEWV before this date. You will also be able to apply for another AEWV and stay in New Zealand for 5 years in total instead of 3.
