Addition of Timor-Leste to the Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryNew Zealand

Operative dateApril 28, 2025

CategorySeasonal & temporary labour migration / bilateral access schemes

Policy toolCountry eligibility schedule amendment

Affected groupCitizens of timor-leste and rse-accredited employers in the horticulture and viticulture industries

Policy effect

Timor-Leste is added to the list of eligible countries able to participate in the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme starting 28 April 2025. Employers in the horticulture and viticulture industries are eligible to recruit citizens of Timor-Leste to work in New Zealand. Applicants from Timor-Leste must have the same health requirements as all other RSE applicants, and because Timor-Leste is not on the list of countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis, applicants are required to provide a chest X-ray certificate with their application.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Timor-Leste is added to the list of eligible countries able to participate in the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme starting 28 April 2025.; Employers in the horticulture and viticulture industries are eligible to recruit citizens of Timor-Leste to work in New Zealand.; Applicants from Timor-Leste must have the same health requirements as all other RSE applicants, and because Timor-Leste is not on the list of countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis, applicants are required to provide a chest X-ray certificate with their application.

Official source excerpt

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From 28 April 2025, Timor-Leste will be added to the list of eligible countries able to participate in the RSE scheme. … From that date, employers will be eligible to recruit citizens of Timor-Leste to work in New Zealand in these industries. … Applicants from Timor-Leste will have the same health requirements as all other RSE applicants. However, as it is not on the list of countries with a low incidence of tuberculosis, applicants will be required to provide a chest X-ray certificate with their application.

Immigration New ZealandImmigration New Zealand, News Centre, 'Timor-Leste to be added to Recognised Employer Scheme', 22 April 2025.Open official source

Retrieved from https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/news-centre/timor-leste-to-be-added-to-recognised-employer-scheme

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Addition of Timor-Leste to the Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme

Policy effect

Conditions and exceptions

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other New Zealand changes operative in 2025