[Tui2too]

Our ITA will expire in May, we haven't done anything for it as we wanted to see if the house would sell before we proceeded. Our EOI was successful based on points from a job offer. The job offer will expire in June if we don't show up....which we can't do if the house won't sell.....

So my question is what happens next.....will we be 'back in the eoi pool when the ITA expires? Or do we then need to start all over from scratch and submit a new eoi ?

It seems that we'd be more in the driver's seat if we had an eoi not based on a job offer, that way if we are successful and get an ITA we can go ahead and submit that and have more time to get ourselves ready....it's been a learning experience so far!!:wah

It is going to be hard to let go of this job offer, as in the current economic climate another one as good in nz may be impossible to find.....but on the other hand OH is in a very secure position here so we shouldn't moan.

Any advice welcome! :)

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Job offer in negotiations since July 08
Contract arrived Dec 31 08
eoi submitted and selected Jan 14
ITA received Jan 27
Have to sell house to arrive in Wellington for June (not looking likely!)
Emigration clock ticking with OH's age
Walking the tight-rope between security here and a desire to return to NZ

[BkyMonster]

Start from scratch with a new EOI I'm afraid.

[rizjunior]

You can ask for ITA extension and they usually extend it easily to one month. If it expires, you will have to submit new EOI (no return in pool). You still have lot of time but with job offer you dont have much choice.

Check if you had chance to be selected in that draw without job offer, and then you can write to CO asking if he/she can help to take job offer points away and issue you ITA, of course if you qualified without job offer in that particular draw.

[Tui2too]

Thanks!

[Kalla]

hi

do you need the capital from your house to fund your move? why not check if you can rent your house out. I don't know your situation (ie mortgage etc) but in our area houses seem to be getting snapped up for rent pretty quickly and if you leave it in the care of a reputable agent you can have some rental income to cover your mortgage (if your mortgage isn't too high). Not applicable to everyone, but it's what we're considering if you can do without the capital in your house and if you have some savings (incase of house sitting empty for couple of months)etc.

who has the job offer? Could you consider going on ahead whichever one of you it is? ie OH or you go ahead and start the job and the rest of the family comes along at a later stage when the house has sold. Just an option to consider although not feasible if the house will still take a year to sell. I couldn't live without my OH for longer than a couple of months I think.

other than that I'm afraid I can't help much. it seems such a shame to have gotten this far and then to give it all up and start from the beginning again. If you have enough points, then I would definitely follow the advice of previous poster and see if you still qualify without the job offer. This will buy you some time (although then you will be stuck without a job when you arrive in NZ - but hey - that's exactly what we're doing). we're hoping (maybe foolishly) that by the time we are ready to immigrate, the economic climate will have improved.

Good luck with whatever you decide

[Tui2too]

Thanks for the suggestons JK&A...we do need the house sale to fund the move and initial weeks/start up there. We have put alot into our house in the past year to renovate it for sale, so we haven't been actually saving for the move.

We have tossed around the idea of renting the house and going into debt (low interest rates at the mo!) to fund the move...but that feels risky! I know everyone's idea of risk tolerance is going to be different, and its a constant weighing of risks! OH is the sole bread-winner for our family of five so his going on ahead isn't feasible either (the kiwi dollar wouldn't be enough to cover everything here and there).

I'd like to think since OH got this job, he'll find another (it was on a shortages list) but its shocking how much it has dried up already in nz when I check the govt listings! His position is very secure here, and he'd take a leave of absence if we do make it over to have a safety net. It is strange that as things are drying up in nz more opportunities are presenting themselves here (but we didn't want to stay here!). We may end up just making a move within our own country (to satisfy the need for change) but that would feel like a big (unhappy) compromise to not getting back to nz.

Good advice to talk to the CO (hadn't thought of that!) and OH thinks he may also ask to speak to the manager in nz (mostly only had contact with HR so far) to better determine job security etc there.

I've rambled long enough, apologies to anyone still reading! It's all about as clear as mud to me, we've been drawing 'what if ' flow-charts to try to keep track! lol

Good luck to everyone in their own personal risk assessments with nz! :-)