Foreign Crew on Fishing Vessels - Approval in Principle
New Zealand employers who want to engage a Foreign Charter Partner, need an Approval in Principle to recruit 7 or more foreign crew for work on a fishing vessel.
Duration
With this option you can
- Recruit 7 or more foreign crew to work on a single New Zealand flagged fishing vessel.
Things to note
- You don’t need to apply for an Approval in Principle to recruit fewer than 7 crew for work on a single fishing vessel. But you will need to complete a 'Supplementary Form for Foreign Crew of a Fishing Vessel' and support a candidate's visa application in every other way an employer with an AIP is required to.
Supplementary Form for Foreign Crew of a Fishing Vessel INZ 1213 PDF 301KB
Support a work visa application
What's involved
- Apply for approval in principle
- We make a decision about your application
- Support your crew's work visa applications
- Employ crew and comply with Approval in Principle
Apply for Approval in Principle
Apply for Approval in Principle
New Zealand employers wanting to engage a Foreign Charter Partner can apply for an Approval in Principle to recruit 7 or more foreign crew for work on a fishing vessel. Approvals in Principle will only be approved if there aren’t enough New Zealanders available to do the work.
Support a work visa application
Support a work visa application
Once you have received approval in principle for Foreign Crew on Fishing Vessels, you can go ahead and recruit overseas workers. Before your new recruits can start working for you, they must apply for a work visa, which you’ll need to support.
Comply with the conditions of your Approval in Principle
Comply with the conditions of your Approval in Principle
To continue to be able to recruit foreign crew to work on a fishing vessel, you must comply with the conditions of your approval in principle.