[JSET]

Opinions please. Has anyone else gone to NZ found a job and then applied for PR and if so how long did it take???

[shakyle2906]

Opinions please. Has anyone else gone to NZ found a job and then applied for PR and if so how long did it take???


Hi

We actually had a job offer before we came to NZ in April, but did apply for PR whilst out here.

Hubby is a joiner so trade is one of the shortages.

We submitted our EOI which came back within few weeks. We then went on to apply for PR and it took us just 3 weeks for processing although we were told to allows 3-6 months.

Just to give you an idea of costs we paid over here, which i am told is slightly cheaper than the UK -
Medicals for 2 adults and 1 child $520 (£178 roughly)
Xrays for 2 adults $150 (£51 roughly)
Blood Tests for 2 adults $192 (£65 roughly)
Migrant Levy for 3 $900 (£307 roughly)
Immigration fee for 3 $800 (272 roughly)

Plus 3 police checks from uk £30

Hope this helps.

Sharon

[Wilze]

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[hammadkkhan]

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[JSET]

Hi Sharon that's great info. let me explain our situation, My husband is an electrician and an electrical design engineer so we don't think work will be a problem he has spoken to a few contacts and they have said "pop into the office once you're here" my concerns are that we are just coming over for a holiday initially having sold our house and resigned from work with the intention that if we like it will try to stay, having spoken to a few shipping company's I'm now under the impression that we cant ship our belonging until we have PR do you know if his is correct?
Thanks
C

[IanW99]

That is not correct, this is how I understand it:-

You are allowed to ship your personal belongings over on a work visa of 2 years or more, or a PR without incuring any charges.

If you have a work visa of less than 2 years then you will need to pay a bond which will be refunded should you stay longer than 2 years (assuming you get PR or extension of your visa of course).

If you don't have a PR or a Work visa then you will be expected to pay GST of 12.5% on your goods.

So, if you don't have a work visa it is recommended that you keep your belongings in storage in the UK until you do, and then get them sent on.

Certainly, we only had a Work visa and shipped our belongings with no problem.

Ian

[shakyle2906]

Hi Sharon that's great info. let me explain our situation, My husband is an electrician and an electrical design engineer so we don't think work will be a problem he has spoken to a few contacts and they have said "pop into the office once you're here" my concerns are that we are just coming over for a holiday initially having sold our house and resigned from work with the intention that if we like it will try to stay, having spoken to a few shipping company's I'm now under the impression that we cant ship our belonging until we have PR do you know if his is correct?
Thanks
C

Hi Again
We came over on a one year work visa and so were eligible to ship our belongings over - just 11 boxes!
We had originally before the job offer, toyed with the idea od coming over for a 'holiday' but were lucky enough to have job offers very quickly.
I have heard of a few people that have been told similar to you, and yes it is a gamble, but only you can make that decision.
If i can be of any further help please dont hesitate to contact me.

Sharon
PS Good Luck! Its well worth it over here..............

[vic11]

Hi folks,

I am new to this too and hoping to move to NZ. So you are saying I could go out on a holiday visa, find a job and apply for PR while still on the holiday visa, does it work like that?

vic

[BkyMonster]

Good to get confirmation on the 12.5% tax of goods shipped over without having a PR or work visa. I read that on the site but was puzzling over it a bit. I understand they don't apply that fee to your airplane luggage, correct?
Will have to weigh that cost versus having things stored for a bit. We will be going over on a holiday visa if PR doesn't pan out or we don't manage to find jobs before going over.

[dilanium]

That is not correct, this is how I understand it:-

You are allowed to ship your personal belongings over on a work visa of 2 years or more, or a PR without incuring any charges.

If you have a work visa of less than 2 years then you will need to pay a bond which will be refunded should you stay longer than 2 years (assuming you get PR or extension of your visa of course).

If you don't have a PR or a Work visa then you will be expected to pay GST of 12.5% on your goods.


I would just like to add that this is true of student visas too. If you are admitted to a University program lasting more than 2 years and are granted a student visa (which will be for the full length of the program from what I understand), then you won't incur any charges.

[IanW99]

Good to get confirmation on the 12.5% tax of goods shipped over without having a PR or work visa. I read that on the site but was puzzling over it a bit. I understand they don't apply that fee to your airplane luggage, correct?
Will have to weigh that cost versus having things stored for a bit. We will be going over on a holiday visa if PR doesn't pan out or we don't manage to find jobs before going over.

I think that the problem is that the rules are a bit ambiguous, see the following links for detailed info:-

See here for when no customs charges apply (http://www.customs.govt.nz/travellers/Household+Effects/When+No+Customs+Charges+Apply.htm)

And here for when customs charges are payable (http://www.customs.govt.nz/travellers/Household+Effects/When+Customs+Charges+are+Payable.htm)

For example, you don't have to pay when this is true:-
"you are coming to New Zealand with the intention and legal authority to take up or resume permanent residence "

But is a Work visa really sufficient? I know 2 years is, and others have said 1, so would guess that they are happy if you are moving here for an extended period of time.

BTW, I noticed that if you are planning on bringing in anyway and paying the 12.5% GST you need to include international freight and insurance costs.

And no, these charges are for household effects, they don't charge you for normal luggage (except exceeding duty free allowances of course).

Ian

[katiejay]

If you can get a work visa on arrival in NZ and your belongings arrive, say, a month later (although they were shipped prior to arrival in NZ, does the GST still apply (i.e. no work visa a the time of shipping, but work visa gained before the stuff arrives on NZ soil)?
Also, do toys, cd's photos, dvd's come under 'household effects' or is it just furniture and electrical goods that are valued?
Thanks, Katie:confused:

[BkyMonster]

Going over on a holiday visa I wouldn't have legal authority to take up residence.
Storage it is then. :o
Even though we don't plan to bring over much (100-200CuFt), the tax on the books alone would probably be more than I'd like to pay.
Just speculation at this point. Trying to cover all the possibilities. Might get something worked out before then. :)


Oh, and Katie I think that household goods applies to anything that is intended for your use, by you, in your house that is shipped over unattended. That is, not brought in your luggage.

[katiejay]

Hmmm - might have to rethink when we ship our stuff out then. I'll check with PSS to see if they will store it for us and delay shipping until we give them the nod.
Thanks all for the advice. :yes

[suebeenz]

For what it's worth, I came on a one year work visa, and shipped everything. I didn't have to pay tax/duty on my goods, but did have to pay for treatment of horse saddles etc. Not sure if i got 'lucky' on that one or not.

While I'm here though, remember that your alcohol allowance applies to your shipped goods - so only 1-2 bottles duty/tax free. So, you may want to have a second think about loading up on the cheap booze at Costco for shipping.

:cheers

[katiejay]

At the moment we'll be on a visitor's visa as we haven't got a job offer. PR is still at the EOI selected stage, and we fly out on 16th November. So we're going down the road of applying for jobs when we get there, and applying for a work visa as soon as we get a job offer (fingers crossed). So I don't think we've got much option but to keep our stuff in the UK until we can get a work visa. Shame - it's 90% children's toys! Might be cheaper to throw everything away and buy £3000 worth of toys! :wah