walshy
25th February 2008, 09:26 AM
Hi, my name is Brendan, my wife and I travelled all over NZ and AUZ five years ago before we settled down and absoluteley fell in love with New Zealand, we always swore we would move to nz one day and have decided now ( or in the next year or two is the time)
Im 31, and am a partner in a small chain of estate agents, my wife is 25 and a recruitment agent, we have a two year old girl Lily and James is due to be born in May.
Are we living in cuckoo land? we know we dont have the trades that NZ want, i am also a half qualified electrician, but im sure even this is no good, and its not something i could even remember to do now.
We have property here though, which if we sold along with my share in my business, going on current conversion rates we reckon we could arrive with $850,000 nz.
How realistic is it to get a business visa?? ( i think thats what some one told me i may qualify for) and come to nz, buy a house with cash for around $500,000 and then buy a business? We are dead set on the hibiscus coast area, Orewa or red beach and have checked out house prices, we have also looked at business for sale and there is a real selection of business for sale from a water delivery business for as low as $40,000 to a salad /smooothie bar for as much as $150,000, we are not too fussed what sort of business we buy/get in to, we just want a better life for us and the kids, a bit less pressure mortgage wise etc.
If we had no mortgage, sureley the early pressure im sure people feel when first arriving would be somewhat easier?? And is this type of visa even real?
Is this realistic, or are dreaming??
Would really appreciate any feedback
Regards
edit:whoops, forgot to say, in england but with both british and irish citizenship
Im 31, and am a partner in a small chain of estate agents, my wife is 25 and a recruitment agent, we have a two year old girl Lily and James is due to be born in May.
Are we living in cuckoo land? we know we dont have the trades that NZ want, i am also a half qualified electrician, but im sure even this is no good, and its not something i could even remember to do now.
We have property here though, which if we sold along with my share in my business, going on current conversion rates we reckon we could arrive with $850,000 nz.
How realistic is it to get a business visa?? ( i think thats what some one told me i may qualify for) and come to nz, buy a house with cash for around $500,000 and then buy a business? We are dead set on the hibiscus coast area, Orewa or red beach and have checked out house prices, we have also looked at business for sale and there is a real selection of business for sale from a water delivery business for as low as $40,000 to a salad /smooothie bar for as much as $150,000, we are not too fussed what sort of business we buy/get in to, we just want a better life for us and the kids, a bit less pressure mortgage wise etc.
If we had no mortgage, sureley the early pressure im sure people feel when first arriving would be somewhat easier?? And is this type of visa even real?
Is this realistic, or are dreaming??
Would really appreciate any feedback
Regards
edit:whoops, forgot to say, in england but with both british and irish citizenship