[constablechuck]

I plan to move to NZ early next year, I'm a U.S. citizen but my mother was born in NZ so it seems I have automatic citizenship by descent, my wife is solely a U.S. citizen but she was approved for a 1 year work holiday visa, I was wondering if my status as a citizen by descent will allow her to automatically become a permanent resident, she would not qualify under any of the skilled immigrant catagories, if anyone has any info it would be appreciated.

I have about 25K U.S.D saved up for the move, hopefully it will get us by until I can get work, I've worked in Law Enforcement and also have experience as an investigator for an insurance company, I'm hoping to get work in the corporate security sector, does anyone know if there is much of a need in NZ for that profession ?

[Smiler]

Hi CC

I'm too rusty to give advice on your wife's visa etc, but I'm sure someone much more up to date can help on here.

There are some fraud investigator types on the forum though.

So all I can really say :o is - Welcome to the forum :cheers:cheers

[jubjub]

http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Citizenship-New-Zealand-Citizenship-by-Descent?OpenDocument

check this out, could help you with a few questions.

If you are indeed a citizen then you could probably apply for a partnership visa for her.. that way she wont need to meet skill shortages, if I am wrong I am sure I will be corrected shortly....

[GeordieLass]

That's my understanding too. If you are an NZ citizen then you can sponsor your wife for permanent residency under the Family Stream, Partnership Category.

[Oregonkiwi]

Welcome to the forum.
Yes to what the other replies said. Remember that although you qualify for citizenship by descent, you still need to apply for the documents to prove this, ie, you need to apply for citizenship and for an NZ passport. My son is a citizen by descent (I'm a kiwi but he was born in the US), I did his applications by mail from the US, it was very easy. Remember also that citizens by descent cannot pass their citizenship on to their children if the children are born outside NZ.

[constablechuck]

I received my certificate of citizenship by descent today :clap it only took about 2 weeks, I'm already impressed with the efficiency of the NZ government, my wife and I plan to be on a plane for NZ in February '07.

We have enough money saved so that we can worry about getting a job after we get there, I have a Bachelors in Criminal Justice and I've worked in Law Enforcement and investigations for 6 years so I'm hoping to find work in the Security field hopefully at the management level, I visited the NZQA web site and it does not appear that my profession is one where they have to assess my degree, if they do it's gonna cost me $400 :( , does anyone know if all college degrees are required to be assessed by NZQA or only certain professions ?

[dbonnett]

Chuck,
Congrats on the certificate :raebanana (from a Pittsburgh boy :nice1)
does anyone know if all college degrees are required to be assessed by NZQA or only certain professions ?
Check out: http://www.immigration.govt.nz/nzis/operations_manual/7962.htmit will show you which accrediting orgs (who review universities and colleges) are accepted, when I looked a while back that most US higher ed schools are there. If your school shows up on the list, then you don't need to get NZQA involved.

There is more info (for Skilled Migrants, but still relevant) here:
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/branch/londonbranchhome/notesusapplicants/
-db-

[MB]

Constablechuck - a very warm welcome to the forum! Great to have you here.
Re. degrees: often it is where you got it that counts re. whether you need it assessed. Accredited colleges (example: big state universities) are on the NZIS list of places whereby you don't need NZQA assessment. The list of institutions -- or at least the umbrella accrediting organizations of which they need to be a member -- is online at the NZIS site. If I can find the link I'll post again soon.

Again, welcome!

[MB]

dbonnett beat me to it!
Thanks, db!

[dbonnett]

dbonnett beat me to it!
Thanks, db!
Upping my post count, since I just had 3 wisdom teeth pulled and am tied to the couch (Hurray for Vicodin!) being served hand and foot by my 5 year-old..

[MB]

Upping my post count, since I just had 3 wisdom teeth pulled and am tied to the couch (Hurray for Vicodin!) being served hand and foot by my 5 year-old..

Bless your 5 yr old! And poor you: hope you feel better real soon!
Matt.

[Caroline and Dave]

Welcome to the forum,
I found your website very interesting. One thing that did interest me was your sex offenders list and notice that everyone can access it.I think this is a good idea. In the UK only authorised people can access the sex offenders list. On the whole I agree with this but does it not give the chance for vigilantes? Just a thought.
Sorry to bring this up and I apologise if I have upset anyone

Kindest regards

Dave and Caroline

[Smiler]

Welcome to the forum,
I found your website very interesting. One thing that did interest me was your sex offenders list and notice that everyone can access it.I think this is a good idea. In the UK only authorised people can access the sex offenders list. On the whole I agree with this but does it not give the chance for vigilantes? Just a thought.
Sorry to bring this up and I apologise if I have upset anyone

Kindest regards

Dave and Caroline

Dave and Caroline

That's about to change in the UK. Missing sex offenders are now named on a website linked to Crimestoppers and single mothers may have the ability to check up on new partners in the future.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6156712.stm?ls

[constablechuck]

Before getting elected Constable I worked as a Corrections Officer and I'm all for giving ex-offenders a fair chance at getting a fresh start, but certain offenders such as sex offenders pose a serious risk to the community and the community has the right to know who they should be weary of in that regard, it's one thing to let a guy who was convicted of stealing car stereos get a fresh start, if he steals another car stereo I can deal with that, on the other hand if a former sex offender starts babysitting neighborhood kids and molests them then I need to know I did everything I could to prevent it.