Best way to get into New Zealand

unwind · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:05 am Post subject: Best way to get into New Zealand

Me and my wife are looking to emigrate to New Zealand next year. I am in IT and she is in Insurance. We have booked flights and have a return ticket which we will use if we don't like the place (unlikely). We are planning to sell everything in the UK and travel very light. I know that we can stay for 6 months on our UK passport and possibly extend it to 12 months. My question is, how easy is it to get a work permit if we decide to stay and look for work and is this the easiest way to gain permanent residency in the long term. It seems under the new system that having a job lined up before applying is like gold dust..Any advice would be appreciated. I am 37 and my wife is 29

JCM · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject:

hi unwind,

The IT skills covered by the OSL list is below. If you get a job offer in one of the following areas, it will be very easy to get a work permit. Once you have a work permit, permanent residence should be straightforward. The Occupational Shortages List is subject to review in December 2003 so we will need to see what the new list brings.

IT Skills in shortage applicable to the OSL. Applicants for visas or permits under the OSL are required to have a minimum of three years full-time work experience in at least one of the skills identified on the shortage list below AND have completed a recognised programme of formal training in that area.

Occupational Shortages List (OSL)
IT skills covered by the OSL –June 03 Release
ActiveX
AS400
ASP (Active Server Pages)
Basic.net
BPR (Business Process Re-engineering)
C
C#.net
C++
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Admin)
CCNE (Cisco Cert Network Engineer) CGI
Cisco
CISSP (Security)
Citrix
Clipper
CNA (Certified Novell Administrator)
CNE (Certified Novell Engineer)
COM
Corba
Crystal Reports
CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)
DCOM
Delphi
Developer 2000
Dreamweaver
DHTML
EJB (Enterprise Java Beans)
Electronic Commerce
Embedded C
e-security
Firewall (security)
GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
HP-UX
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
JAD (Joint Application Development)
Jade
Java
JSP
J2EE
Knowledge Management
LINUX
Lisp
Master CNE
Maya
MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional
MCSE-Msoft Cert Systems Engineer
MCSD – Solution Developer
MCDA – Database Administrator
MX Exchange
Netview
Network Design
Novell Netware
ODBC
OLE
OO.net
Oracle
Oracle Case
Oracle Financials
OS400
Perl
PeopleSoft
PL/SQL
Power Builder
Pro *C
Progress (security)
Project management
RACF
RAD (Rapid Application Development)
Rational Rose
REXX
RF Engineers
RS6000
SAP
SAS
Siebel
SMS Server
Solaris
SQL
SUN
SunOs
Sybase
TCP/IP
UML
Unix
Vignette
Visual Basic
Visual C++
Web Creation/Design
Wireless Engineers
WML
XML

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/Work/#Lists+of+Occupational+Shortages

The Priority Occupations List which can be downloaded on the same page is also worth looking at.

unwind · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:39 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info