[xanctus]

Yes, I have seen many topics about interview with the case officer. However, mostly seems are from the Great Britain cases. Sooner or later, an officer from the NZ embassy here in the US will be likely calling us. I was just wondering if some Americans who got their PR would share their experience with their interviews (any thoughts, leads, and advices maybe).

Thank's so much

cheers,

MB

[xanctus]

anyone? :roll:

[MB]

Xanctus - so sorry if I'm wrong here, but it may not be right to expect someone from US Embassy to call. I think all calls come from London unless, as has been suggested here, you elect one of the 3 Marketing Directors to inetrview you.
What reinforces the unlikelihood of getting a call from D.C. consulate is that all ITAs from US go to London. I know there's been mention today of an apparent mix of case officers in some cases, but I think it's unlikely that the whole system is based on a London guy doing the paperwork review and then him asking a pal in D.C. to do the interview. Even the time difference can be worked around by getting a call at 7-9am PST (later EST)... and the Marketing Director Interview option might just be a workaround for folks for whom that's impossible.
But I could well be wrong.

Matt.

[xanctus]

Matt,
thank you for replying me.
well, the thing is my london case officer sent me email saying that her colleague in US office will do the interview with me. After that, he (the US officer) will report the result of the interview back to her (London officer).

Hmmm, well I guess I just hope that I won't screwed up the interview :hopeso :hopeso :hopeso
quite nervous actually :angel

thx again for the feedback

[MB]

:oops: See? I was wrong. LOL.
Cheers.
All the very best with the interview.

Matt.

[Going2NZ]

xanctus-

I asked Terry Murphy, the marketing guy in Portland the same question and here is what he told me:

It will most likely be one the othe 3 US reps who interview you.

They are looking for a serious committment to the idea of emigrating. Specifically he mentioned that if your only stated or implied reason for leaving the US is to get away from the current US administration, not good. Its OK if that is part of it but not the whole package.

If you have relatives or friends in NZ this is good since you will be more likely to acclimate to the culture and have a built-in support system. Since I don't know anyone there, I asked him if that was going to be a deal killer and he said absolutely not. However they will be looking (or listening really) that you know as much as you can about the country as you can find out. Not "can you whistle the national anthem" kind of thing but where do you want to live (city, island, etc.) and why, what kind of job are you looking for and a realistic expectation of where that type of job would be found (e.g. Christchurch = animator or film types) and what your plans are once you get there.

He also mentioned that if you have lived or at least traveled overseas before, this was a bonus since most Americans have never left the country and have skewed ideas of the rest of the world.

I don't have kids, but I imagine from what he said that they would figure out how or if you introduced the idea of emigrating to them and what plan you had for helping them adapt.

And, this didn't make sense to me but it might mean something, he said that some people were emigrating to NZ in order to get into Australia easier - if that's your plan, you probably don't want to mention it.

Terry also admitted that the interview was subjective but that they wanted to get a feel for how likely you were to be there long-term or for life (ideally).

I hope this helps. Send me a PM if you want or post what else you are looking for and I'll dig through my notes. I've had a couple of conversations with him that covered a lot of ground so it may be something I can answer. Or give him a call directly at 877-884-0697. He's a little vague on people's names ( well, mine anyhow) but he seems to know his facts.

Susan

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Susan,
First of all thank's so much for providing me those inputs. I appreciate that. As far as some aspects that you mentioned, I understand that saying that want to move to NZ for the bridge to OZ is definately not a good idea at all, and in fact I am not intending to do so either.
Well, I am originally not from US, but I have lived here for almost 9 years...oh yes, I do have distance relative in ChCh, I hope that would be a big + for me.

The person who is likely to contact me is actually working for the NZ embassy I think, because his email ended with those "nzgovt" thing. :mrgreen:
but again, thx so much for replying my thread.
Marco