[leslie]

hub has had an informal job offer for something quite interesting but its only p/t (as wanted) and no sign/ seal/ date until we're there and its thoroughly checked out and everyone is happy. employer emailed to say ideal job starts in march 2006 but could have related work on arrival. do we send this info to nz house?

he also left out from cv etc the fact he's been running his own contracting business alongside arch practice (2 yrs). they have built 4 projects, one of which was recently featured on a property evening news feature thing. he thinks this doesn't matter but i have been trying to explain to him that in nz this is held in higher regard than uk and is important. am i being dumb and should he just let it go? architects aren't on the emergency list so logic suggests it helps...

[Moorf]

I would have thought that ANYTHING you could put in your EOI or submit to NZ House would be beneficial to your application - it's time for your hubby to blow his own trumpet and make sure immigration realises what a huge benefit having him in NZ would be :nice1

[annaerb]

The more info your Hubbie gives to NZIS the better. Bring everything to NZ with you as well.

If you go into job seek they will email you jobs that your interested in.
http://xtramsn.co.nz/careers

www.nzherald.co.nz Newspapers
http://www.nzs.com/region/canterbury/christchurch/media/newspapers/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,,0a6000,00.html

Your Husband wont have a problem finding work here.

[MB]

leslie - yeah, the accepted wisdom seems to be that it's worth including any information (at least at ITA stage) that you think will have a significant efect on the application. And that significance should, perhaps, be briefly spelled out in the covering letter you send.

Example: as well as everything NZIS requested we sent my wife's entry in a professional association handbook, a theater program from some choreography she did, her CV, and the student handouts from a seminar she gives about ballet-shoe fitting. Plus one or two photocopies relevant to my own job (I'm not principal applicant) to show that it's skilled.
We clipped this little pile with a metal clip and put a big sheet on the front saying "Unrequested supporting documents".

Nothing seems to have been queried. I do think it was a good idea to clip all the unrequested stuff together, though, and to put it at the back with that big title sheet on it.

Cheers,
Matt.

[Diny]

I agree that every piece of information and documentation needs to be included. One thing that sprung to my mind though, if you tell NZIS about this informal job offer, will you need to include a letter from the company making the offer to support it.

Maybe you already have the letter, if not it may be a good idea to include the e-mails they have sent. I'm sure I'm stating the obvious here but without any written evidence of a job offer (however informal) surely NZIS won't take it into account.

Good luck - hope all goes well.

Diny