Your first accreditation will be valid for 12 months. After 12 months, you can renew your accreditation or it will expire.
When you renew your accreditation, you can change your accreditation type. For example, downgrade from a high-volume accreditation to standard accreditation.
If you renew your accreditation, it will be valid for:
24 months if you have standard accreditation
24 months if you have high-volume accreditation
12 months if you have franchisee accreditation or controlling third party accreditation.
Your accreditation will be valid for 12 months if you renew any accreditation that expired more than 12 months ago.
If you applied for your first employer accreditation before 4 July 2023, your accreditation period may have been automatically extended by 12 months.
Who should renew their accreditation
You should renew your employer accreditation if you want to:
employ new workers on an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)
change accreditation types, for example change from high volume to standard accreditation
support an AEWV holder to apply for their AEWV balance (also called maximum continuous stay)
support a migrant worker to apply for a different visa that requires you to be accredited, such as a Work to Residence Visa or Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa.
You do not need to renew your accreditation if you do not want to employ any new migrants on AEWVs or support an AEWV holder with further visa applications. For example, if you have not used your current accreditation or valid job tokens.
If you do not renew your accreditation
Your accreditation will expire automatically on the expiry date.
You can continue to employ any migrants already working for you for the duration of their visa, including AEWV or Partner of a Worker Work Visas holders until those visas expire. If they want to continue to work for you on another AEWV or Partner of a Worker Work Visa, you must hold a valid accreditation.
You cannot apply for another Job Check to hire new workers or support a worker to apply for their AEWV balance.
You will not be able to support a migrant worker to apply for a Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa, Work to Residence Visa, Transport Work to Residence Visa, Care Workforce Work to Residence Visa or Straight to Residence Visa.
If you have any Job Check tokens available they will expire when your accreditation expires.
Timeframes
We recommend you allow at least 6 weeks to apply to renew your employer accreditation.
Interim employer accreditation
You may qualify for an interim 3-month accreditation if your accreditation expires while you are waiting for the outcome of your renewal application. You must have submitted your application before your current employer accreditation expired.
An interim accreditation is granted if:
you applied for a subsequent accreditation before your accreditation expired
your application is still in progress
you applied for the right type of accreditation for your business.
You will not be granted an interim accreditation if you applied for:
standard accreditation but you have more than 5 jobs associated to your business
franchisee accreditation but do not currently hold franchisee accreditation.
Types of interim accreditation granted
The interim accreditation you are granted will be based on your current accreditation type and the type you have applied for.
Your interim accreditation will be:
standard accreditation if you held standard accreditation or you have applied to change to standard accreditation
high volume accreditation if you held high volume accreditation and have applied for high volume accreditation
high volume accreditation if you held controlling third party accreditation and have applied for high volume accreditation
high volume accreditation if you held franchisee accreditation and applied for high volume accreditation
high volume accreditation if you held high volume accreditation or franchisee accreditation and applied for controlling third party accreditation
controlling third party accreditation if you held controlling third party accreditation and have applied for controlling third party accreditation
franchisee accreditation if you held franchisee accreditation and have applied for franchisee accreditation.
NOTE - Franchisee accreditation will end later in 2024. Franchisee employers will be able to apply for standard, high-volume, or controlling third party employer accreditation.
What you can do with an interim accreditation
If you have an interim employer accreditation, you can:
apply for a new Job Check
use an existing job token to ask a migrant to apply for an AEWV.
You must have the right type of interim accreditation for the number and type of jobs you want to fill.
If the interim accreditation you are granted is different to the accreditation you have applied for, you must meet the requirements of the interim accreditation.
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