[Dan_UK]

Me and my partner are intending to fly out to NZ in around 3 months time on a Holiday visa.

My partner's job is on the LTSSL as a Social Worker for 5 years and I've got experience in Audio Engineering for 7 years.

We're planning to obtain our doctor certificates and our police checks in UK , to have them at the ready, and then look for work in NZ while there on holiday.

Once a job offer has secured, our next step will be to apply for a Work to Residence visa and very shortly after apply for a Permanent Residency as to not let the medicals and police check expire their validity.

Has anyone here attempted to emmigrate to NZ this way?

Anyone know how long it would take to obtain the Work to Residence visa while in NZ on holiday?

[Potato]

Me and my partner are intending to fly out to NZ in around 3 months time on a Holiday visa.

My partner's job is on the LTSSL as a Social Worker for 5 years and I've got experience in Audio Engineering for 7 years.

We're planning to obtain our doctor certificates and our police checks in UK , to have them at the ready, and then look for work in NZ while there on holiday.

Once a job offer has secured, our next step will be to apply for a Work to Residence visa and very shortly after apply for a Permanent Residency as to not let the medicals and police check expire their validity.

Has anyone here attempted to emmigrate to NZ this way?

Anyone know how long it would take to obtain the Work to Residence visa while in NZ on holiday?

Why apply for WTR when you could go straight for PR? If one of you is on the skills shortage and you have job offers and if you have everything ready (with no major issues)....PR would likely not be a particularly slow process.

[Dan_UK]

We have a problem:

My partner has to be in employment in the last 2 years. We have a 2 year old daughter, my partner decided to take care of her full time until she's ready for preschool. Seemed like a good idea at the time but we weren't thinkinh of emigrating at the time.

So the only way we'd get in on a PR visa, for example Skilled Migrant Visa, is for my partner to be offered a job in NZ. So far employers are having difficulty in waiting 3 months for her to start, let alone 6-12months, which is how long it would take to get a Skilled Migrant Visa through. Potential employers wants her to start asap, would prefer is she was already in NZ and already in the process of applying for a visa.

If we go to NZ meet potential employers face to face and have our police checks and medicals and all documents required ready... Maybe my partner can secure a job and we can get her starting a job in Social Welfare or Social Work in a matter of weeks.

Is that possible?

Maybe someone, knowledgeable here could help us find out...

[M-Squared]

Why apply for WTR when you could go straight for PR? If one of you is on the skills shortage and you have job offers and if you have everything ready (with no major issues)....PR would likely not be a particularly slow process.

It took me 2 1/2 weeks, with some string-pulling, to get a work permit once here. WTR would have taken longer, which is why they just issued a work permit, with the advice to pop in my EOI a.s.a.p. Start to finish it took 5 1/2 months to get PR from when I put my EOI in. So unless you have lorry-loads of cash lying around, it's not an awfully viable way of doing the move. Just my $0.02 :)

[M-Squared]

If we go to NZ meet potential employers face to face and have our police checks and medicals and all documents required ready... Maybe my partner can secure a job and we can get her starting a job in Social Welfare or Social Work in a matter of weeks.

Is that possible?

Maybe someone, knowledgeable here could help us find out...

Is it possible? Most definitely YES. Take police checks and very recent medicals with you. Make sure both are squeaky clean, or you have waivers for them, if needed. Line up interviews beforehand. Depending on where you're planning on going, work permit can take anywhere from a day to 3 weeks to obtain. Then once your partner is working, you can get a work permit on the back of their one, and your child can get a student permit if needed. Then as soon as your partner has done their first day of work, so you can tick the box for having "less than 12 months work experience in NZ", you slap in the EOI and Bob's your uncle, Robert's your father's brother. :nice1

[Dan_UK]

That's good news M-Squared, you are now thw third person to confirm that this is doable.:)

I intend to get a 1 year sabatical from work so if things don't work out in NZ I have a job to come back to. I'll probably request that in about a month or so, when the police checks and all the documents are in hand. Then it's a case of selling some things and arranging some interviews in NZ before the move.

[NannyOgg]

We did it 2 years ago - loads of posts by me around that time if you want further info.

Came on holiday, OH got a job, we got a Work Visa (I don't think you need a WTR Visa though?) then applies for Residency. We arrived 29th August, WP issued end Sept and we had Residency by 18th Dec.

Nanny

[M-Squared]

That's good news M-Squared, you are now thw third person to confirm that this is doable.:)

You are most welcome. :)

I intend to get a 1 year sabatical from work so if things don't work out in NZ I have a job to come back to. I'll probably request that in about a month or so, when the police checks and all the documents are in hand. Then it's a case of selling some things and arranging some interviews in NZ before the move.

That's a good idea, that way you have an 'out'. :)

[M-Squared]

I went to an immigration seminar in London and an NZIS official stated that it is in no way, shape or form a crime, or a deportable offence, or whatever else, to come on holiday, look for a job, get an offer, then lodge an application for a work permit. I know quite a few people who've done this.

(I don't think you need a WTR Visa though?) then applies for Residency.

Correct, you do not need WTR. :nice1