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From: Kylie Fowler <[FOI #32607 email]>
Sent: Monday, 20 October 2025 5:12 pm
To: Customer Services <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Accredited Employer information

 

Dear Invercargill City Council,

Could you please answer the following questions?

- When did Invercargill City Council first become an Accredited Employer?

- Have they applied to fill any positions through the Accredited Employer
Visa process?
If yes,
- How many have been applied for along with the positions and were they
accepted or declined?

Please provide any additional information that may be related to the
Accredited Employer Visa process, ie, costs involved, reasons for being
accredited, number of times accreditation has been applied for, etc

Yours faithfully,
Kylie Fowler

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Good afternoon Ms Fowler

 

This email is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information
below.

 

Your request has been assigned to our Manager of People and Capability to
co-ordinate a response.  They will do so within 20 working days being no
later than 19 November 2025.

 

If they require clarification of your request or further information from
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Kind regards

 

Liz

 

 
 
Liz Williams 

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From: Kylie Fowler <[5][FOI #32607 email]>
Sent: Monday, 20 October 2025 5:12 pm
To: Customer Services <[6][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Accredited Employer information

 

Dear Invercargill City Council,

Could you please answer the following questions?

- When did Invercargill City Council first become an Accredited Employer?

- Have they applied to fill any positions through the Accredited Employer
Visa process?
If yes,
- How many have been applied for along with the positions and were they
accepted or declined?

Please provide any additional information that may be related to the
Accredited Employer Visa process, ie, costs involved, reasons for being
accredited, number of times accreditation has been applied for, etc

Yours faithfully,
Kylie Fowler

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Good morning Ms Fowler

 

I refer to your request for information below received on the 21^st
October 2025.

 

Below are the responses to your questions as requested:

 

When did Invercargill City Council first become an Accredited Employer? 

·        18 May 2023 

 

Have they applied to fill any positions through the Accredited Employer
Visa process? 
 

·        Yes 

 If yes, how many have been applied for along with the positions and were
they accepted or declined? 
 

·         One – Business Innovation Lead - accepted 

 
Please provide any additional information that may be related to the
Accredited Employer Visa process, ie, costs involved:  

·        Visa application fee of NZD $1,540 for the worker,  

·        NZD $735 job check fee for the employer,  

·        Two yearly employer accreditation fee, NZD $775  

Reasons for being accredited:  

·        to enable us to employ migrants where we have skills shortages  

Other 

·        Accreditation has been applied for successfully twice.  Most
recently in April 2025.   

 

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Kind regards

 

Liz

 

 

 
 
Liz Williams 

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From: Kylie Fowler <[6][FOI #32607 email]>
Sent: Monday, 20 October 2025 5:12 pm
To: Customer Services <[7][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Accredited Employer information

 

Dear Invercargill City Council,

Could you please answer the following questions?

- When did Invercargill City Council first become an Accredited Employer?

- Have they applied to fill any positions through the Accredited Employer
Visa process?
If yes,
- How many have been applied for along with the positions and were they
accepted or declined?

Please provide any additional information that may be related to the
Accredited Employer Visa process, ie, costs involved, reasons for being
accredited, number of times accreditation has been applied for, etc

Yours faithfully,
Kylie Fowler

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