remontado
3rd April 2006, 04:43 AM
Hello, I'm new to this forum and very glad that I found it. I'll likely be repeating questions posed many times before, so please excuse any repetition. I hope this subforum is the appropriate place for this post.
Brief personal introduction:
55 y.o. single male US citizen. Traveled extensively through Africa. Landed Immigrant in Canada in 1970's. Currently reside near Yellowstone Park in Montana.
I hold 3 post-graduate degrees (earned from 'prominent' US Universities) in Environmental Design (MA), International Development (ME), and multidisciplinary Ph.D. in Life Sciences (horticulture, ecology, freshwater aquaculture). I'm considered- by those that 'know' - as 'Father' of' modern "Aquaponics" (symbiotic co-production of freshwater aquaculture and vegetable horticulture (olericulture) in a closed-loop water system (water recycled up to 300 times through microbial and botanical biofiltration).
Some initial questions follow:
ENTRY methodology question:
Given my 'advanced' age, I cannot wait to attempt PR from the US. Before any assumed approval could happen, I would be over the age limit. I see my only option wrt relocating to NZ as using the Tourist Visa (same as Visitors Visa?) and seeking employment while actually in country. Absent a current employment offer, I already have 130 points.
1. Several members here have remarked about a 6-month per year visitor visa time limit. However, the NZ website page for US emigration states this time limit as being 9 months. Can anyone clarify the discrepancy between 6 and 9 months?
FROM http://www.immigration.govt.nz/nzopportunities/williqualify/commonentryoptions/visiting.htm
In some cases you may be able to travel to New Zealand without a visa. However, if you want to stay in New Zealand longer than your visa-free conditions allow you need to apply for a Visitor’s Visa. The usual maximum stay for a visitor is nine months. If you wish to return, you do need to spend an equal amount of time out of the country before you can apply.
2. Once actually employed (assumed in Skill Shortage" category), does the age limit 'go away' (not remain effective)?
Brief personal introduction:
55 y.o. single male US citizen. Traveled extensively through Africa. Landed Immigrant in Canada in 1970's. Currently reside near Yellowstone Park in Montana.
I hold 3 post-graduate degrees (earned from 'prominent' US Universities) in Environmental Design (MA), International Development (ME), and multidisciplinary Ph.D. in Life Sciences (horticulture, ecology, freshwater aquaculture). I'm considered- by those that 'know' - as 'Father' of' modern "Aquaponics" (symbiotic co-production of freshwater aquaculture and vegetable horticulture (olericulture) in a closed-loop water system (water recycled up to 300 times through microbial and botanical biofiltration).
Some initial questions follow:
ENTRY methodology question:
Given my 'advanced' age, I cannot wait to attempt PR from the US. Before any assumed approval could happen, I would be over the age limit. I see my only option wrt relocating to NZ as using the Tourist Visa (same as Visitors Visa?) and seeking employment while actually in country. Absent a current employment offer, I already have 130 points.
1. Several members here have remarked about a 6-month per year visitor visa time limit. However, the NZ website page for US emigration states this time limit as being 9 months. Can anyone clarify the discrepancy between 6 and 9 months?
FROM http://www.immigration.govt.nz/nzopportunities/williqualify/commonentryoptions/visiting.htm
In some cases you may be able to travel to New Zealand without a visa. However, if you want to stay in New Zealand longer than your visa-free conditions allow you need to apply for a Visitor’s Visa. The usual maximum stay for a visitor is nine months. If you wish to return, you do need to spend an equal amount of time out of the country before you can apply.
2. Once actually employed (assumed in Skill Shortage" category), does the age limit 'go away' (not remain effective)?