allsopp89
17th May 2006, 01:16 AM
Hello all, :laugh
I have been using this site for a number of months now and have found it very useful however I have never posted my own personal post before so here goes.
Me and my husband are looking into immigration to New Zealand and have been researching for months but things are still not clear.
My husband is a fully time served fabricator welder, but his only qualifications are NVQ's and I am told they are not recognised over in NZ so because I have no qualifications that strikes out the idea of Skilled Migrant Process. So now we are looking into the Work to Residence Option. All seems ok and I am willing to wait 2 years before applying for residence but am just scared of making that move and then being refused residence.
My husband is 26 and I am 21 we have no children but will be bringing our dog over (that is one of the things that needs answering, as much info about bringing dogs over would be great). I am told that you would be granted Residence so long as you are in continued employment, earning over NZ$45,000 (I presume that this is each?) and you have not got into any trouble whilst over their.
My only problem is that I am not sure what income we could expect to earn, as mentioned above my husband is a fully time served Fabricator Welder, I have worked in Law for 4 years and most recently joined a financial Advisors but doing more business management, so I could do either.
Does anybody know what income we would be expecting to earn. I have seen an Advertisement that scared me a little which was for a Welder in Christchurch - it was for $18.47 per hour, which only works out at £6.10 which is only £12,370 (NZ$37,462) which is not enough for residence to be granted. Furthermore we are scared that we will live a much poorer life over their, we are not moving for money, we are moving for lifestyle, but it would be nice to have money left over to actually go out and life our lives. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Another question is regarding mortgages, does anybody have an idea on how much we could borrow, I presume we can only lend once residence is granted that not a problem, its just so we can see what sort of property we would be looking for.
And lastly sorry, I know I’ve been going on a little, but my husband want to take his car over to New Zealand. Its a Smart Roadster, I believe there is only one over their and he want to make that two, because it is his pride and joy. Any advise on costs, and process?.
Any further advise, about just about anything would be appreciated.
Thanks Cheryl.
:clap that clap is for me finally finishing.
I have been using this site for a number of months now and have found it very useful however I have never posted my own personal post before so here goes.
Me and my husband are looking into immigration to New Zealand and have been researching for months but things are still not clear.
My husband is a fully time served fabricator welder, but his only qualifications are NVQ's and I am told they are not recognised over in NZ so because I have no qualifications that strikes out the idea of Skilled Migrant Process. So now we are looking into the Work to Residence Option. All seems ok and I am willing to wait 2 years before applying for residence but am just scared of making that move and then being refused residence.
My husband is 26 and I am 21 we have no children but will be bringing our dog over (that is one of the things that needs answering, as much info about bringing dogs over would be great). I am told that you would be granted Residence so long as you are in continued employment, earning over NZ$45,000 (I presume that this is each?) and you have not got into any trouble whilst over their.
My only problem is that I am not sure what income we could expect to earn, as mentioned above my husband is a fully time served Fabricator Welder, I have worked in Law for 4 years and most recently joined a financial Advisors but doing more business management, so I could do either.
Does anybody know what income we would be expecting to earn. I have seen an Advertisement that scared me a little which was for a Welder in Christchurch - it was for $18.47 per hour, which only works out at £6.10 which is only £12,370 (NZ$37,462) which is not enough for residence to be granted. Furthermore we are scared that we will live a much poorer life over their, we are not moving for money, we are moving for lifestyle, but it would be nice to have money left over to actually go out and life our lives. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Another question is regarding mortgages, does anybody have an idea on how much we could borrow, I presume we can only lend once residence is granted that not a problem, its just so we can see what sort of property we would be looking for.
And lastly sorry, I know I’ve been going on a little, but my husband want to take his car over to New Zealand. Its a Smart Roadster, I believe there is only one over their and he want to make that two, because it is his pride and joy. Any advise on costs, and process?.
Any further advise, about just about anything would be appreciated.
Thanks Cheryl.
:clap that clap is for me finally finishing.