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移民部10日12日消息，政府为工作假期和季节性签证持有者和雇主提供夏季的确定性。移民部长克里斯·法福伊(Kris Faafoi)宣布，政府将延长工作假期签证和补充季节性就业（SSE）工作签证6个月，以便在下一个夏季期间为雇主和签证持有者提供更多的确定性。
移民部长说：”这为雇主和签证持有者提供了他们一直要求进入今年夏季收获季节的确定性，我们说过，如果必要的话，我们会在6月份宣布延长6个月。超过8，500人持有将于2021年12月21日至2022年6月30日期间到期的工作假期签证和上交所工作签证，将受益于6个月的延期。他们亦将继续享有公开的工作权利，使他们得以在任何部门工作，以应付现存的劳工市场需求。 由于边境一直关闭到明年第一季度，因此确保雇主能够在即将到来的夏季保留现有劳动力非常重要。这将允许一系列行业的雇主在我们的边境限制实施期间利用在岸劳动力，但重要的是要记住，这些扩展只是临时措施。
我们仍然致力于新西兰移民制度的长期愿景，其中包括各部门摆脱对低薪和低技能移民工人的依赖，转向吸引、培训和提高新西兰人就业水平的新方式，并投资于支持新西兰COVID-19复苏的生产力措施”。 一些部门在这方面已经取得了很大进展，但仍有许多工作要做。部长说：”我鼓励各行业和雇主利用这段时间，同时我们的边境限制到位，考虑如何进行这种过渡，以及如何招募更多的新西兰人担任角色，然后再考虑利用临时移民工人。这些签证延期补充了政府为帮助雇主而作出的其他改变，例如最近宣布的2021年居民签证，该签证将为约165，000名移民及其家庭提供一次性的居留途径。过去18个月的其他变化包括边境例外，引进18000多名关键工人及其家属，以及将支付低于工资中位数的工作的新基本技能签证期限从12个月延长至24个月。
新西兰移民局将在11月底之前与所有有资格享受工作假期或上交所签证延期的签证持有人联系″。 说明:
①新西兰移民局将自动延长符合条件的签证。
②自签证到期之日起再延长六个月，签证持有人无需申请新签证。
③ 根据2009年《移民法》，移民部长只能以特殊方向将工作假期和补充季节性就业签证一次最多延长六个月。
12 October 2021，Govt provides certainty to working holiday and seasonal visa holders and employers for summer
The Government will extend Working Holiday visas and Supplementary Seasonal Employment (SSE) work visas for six months to provide more certainty to employers and visa holders over the coming summer period, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has announced.
“This offers employers and visa holders the certainty they’ve been asking for going into this summer’s harvest season and which we said we’d provide, if necessary, back in June when we announced the last six month extension,” Kris Faafoi said.
More than 8,500 people on Working Holiday visas and SSE work visas due to expire between 21 December 2021 and 30 June 2022 will benefit from the six month extension.
They will also continue to have open work rights, allowing them to work in any sector to help meet labour market demands where they exist.
“With borders remaining closed until the first quarter next year it’s important we ensure employers can retain their existing workforce for the upcoming summer period.
“It will allow employers across a range of industries to make use of the onshore workforce while our border restrictions are in place, but it’s important to remember that these extensions are only temporary measures.
“We remain committed to our long-term vision for New Zealand’s immigration system, which involves sectors moving away from a reliance on low-paid and low-skilled migrant workers and transitioning to new ways of attracting, training and upskilling Kiwis into jobs and investing in productivity measures that will support New Zealand’s COVID-19 recovery.
“Some sectors have already made great progress in this space, but there is still more work to be done.
“I encourage sectors and employers to use this time while our border restrictions are in place to think about how to make this transition and how to recruit more New Zealanders into roles before looking to utilise temporary migrant workers,” Kris Faafoi said.
These visa extensions complement other changes the Government has made to help employers , such as the recently announced 2021 Resident visa which will provide a one-off pathway to residence for an estimated 165,000 migrants and their families.
Other changes over the past 18 months have included border exceptions to bring in over 18,000 critical workers and their families, and extending the length of new Essential Skills visas from 12 to 24 months for jobs paid below the median wage.
Immigration New Zealand will contact all visa holders eligible for the Working Holiday or SSE visa extension by the end of November.
· Eligible visas will automatically be extended by Immigration New Zealand for an additional six months from the date they expire, visa holders won’t need to apply for a new visa.
· Under the Immigration Act 2009, the Minister of Immigration can only extend Working Holiday and Supplementary Seasonal Employment visas by special direction for a maximum of six months at a time.
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