Important Information For Employers
Qualified Employers List
Pursuant to Ministerial Direction dated 1 May 2024:
The Qualified Employer List will comprise employers who in the reasonable opinion of the Director:
An application sponsored by a Qualified Employer may be filed through an agent (professional services firm or other immigration specialist) as long as that agent is itself a Qualified Employer.
Note: A Priority Work Permit Application must meet all other criteria for acceptance. Priority processing is not a guarantee that an application will be successful.
Priority Work Permit Applications :
Qualified Employers and 2024 Work Permit Renewals
To comply with Directions from the Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration dated 1 May 2024, Priority Work Permit Applications are exempted from the following requirements:
Box 24: [Reasons why position cannot be filled by citizen of Fiji Islands]
Box 25: [Evidence of copies of advertisements for vacancy]
Box 26: [Reasons local applicants were not suitable]
Box 27: [What type of training organisation intends to do]
Box 28: [Names and positions of persons to be trained].
For Priority Work Permit Applications, these boxes may be completed simply by inserting: Priority Work Permit Application – Qualified Employer or Priority Work Permit Application – 2024 Work Permit Renewal as the case may be.
On the Work Permit Checklist the applicant should insert the word Priority in the following boxes:
Box 7 (Copies of position advertisement)
Box 8 (Summary of shortlisted local applicants)
Box 11 (Training Program)
Box 13 (Project Agreement).
Note: A Priority Work Permit Application must meet all other criteria for acceptance. Priority processing is not a guarantee that an application will be successful.
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