USA immigrants: police and medical records

sesame

please, for all us USA-'ers - how do or did you go about getting the
appropriate police records? also, i've downloaded the medical record forms off the immi-site - did you take that to your local doctor or hospital?

we'll need those in hand when we go for the work permit once in nz and once we've secured a job (well i know it's down the road ....but it's happening! Yes

anything else? work history proof, w -stubs?

thanks!

SoCal Gal · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:58 am Post subject: USA Immigrants

Hi there,
Call you local police office's non-emergency number and they can help you with this. I believe the certificate is good for 6 months. Since the medical is just good for 3 months, I believe, I was just going to make an appt. with our local GP to get that one taken care of. You might want to search for Rich Adams posts, as he just moved over from Phoenix and had a great amount of info! Good luck! Hopefully we'll be on our way in November - or sooner!
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Raeven · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject:

Hi, Sesame,

Just as another option, I don't believe you need medicals and police certificate for the work permit -- only to apply for PR. We were advised by NZ Consulate in LA to just have medicals and police certificate done once in NZ when applying for PR, as applying for PR there costs about half as much as applying from the US. To process the work permit from the US is free, and takes about 2-3 weeks. Processing PR application from the US is expensive and takes about 9 months!

My husband is a NZ citizen and I am going over as the partner of same, so perhaps it's different under that scheme.. but this is the information that was given to us direct from the horse's mouth, as it were. Hope it is of use to you.

Best wishes in your immigration pursuits! - Rae

abdul · I Like It Here Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 75

Hi

I have been to the Immigration Office / Christchurch, to get my work permit extended for another 3 months

The police report and medicals are required for work permits for more than 2 years.

Also if you have been in NZ on another permit example a visitors visa
for one year and them apply for a 2 year visa, that would total your stay in NZ for more than 2 years , you need to get your medical and police reports

Hope that this helps

Abdul

sesame · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject:

thank you all for replying!
interesting! Yes

i didn't know that you were given work permits for various lengths of time (how is the length determined? seems like a hassle to have to keep renewing it ....) - thought they were all for 2 years (or so Rolling Eyes

)....and i didn't know that applying for the pr from the states was such a lengthy and costly 'project' (we don't have 'the points' - so we'll have to wait on that step anyways..)...so, i'm thinking we just better have those medical and police records on hand ... it can't hurt - just don't want to get into a situation where we need various papers - and don't have immediate access to them...

Nutcase

Raeven · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:00 am Post subject:

Hi, Sesame,

It's quite the bureaucratic maze, isn't it? Just keep in mind that medicals have an expiration date of 3 months and the police certificate of 6... could get a little costly if you have to have them done more than once.

My only concern about waiting till we get to NZ to apply for PR has been that they would discover some medical problem about which I was unaware before we left the States. Therefore, I've been a good girl and had all my regular checkups (physical, mammogram, gyno, chest x-ray, etc.) in the past few months. Unless something changes radically in the near future, I should be fit enough to suit NZ when we go and have the "official" medicals done there. We plan to apply for my PR practically the day we hit the ground in NZ.

Re work visa/permits, I think they are issued standard for 2 years. They can be extended past the 2 year mark, but only with medicals and police certificate.

Hope this helps. - Rae

sesame · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:59 am Post subject:

Hi, Rae,

...a great idea to have yourself checked out medically prior to the big move. we'll still be covered by insurance here in the states - so that'll help with the exams... Rolling Eyes

i trust tht all will be well in that area! Yes

thank you for sharing!

Shy

se~

evelynne_r · I Like It Here Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 94

Yes, it is a bit of a nuisance about the work permits and two year issue. As abdul explained, you can only remain in NZ in total for up to two years without supplying police certificates and medicals.

As an example, I arrived in NZ on a working holiday visa in Feb 2003, valid for one year until Feb 2004; in September last year I got a permanent job so I had to switch to a different working visa. I didn't supply medicals and police certificates, so that new visa was valid until Feb 2005, two years from my arrival in NZ.

Last month I got a promotion within my current company, so had to get a new work permit for my new role. I explained to the officer that my EOI had been selected and I wanted to keep the medicals and police for the residency application, so my latest work permit is valid until Feb 2005 again. Here's hoping my residency comes through before then!!

Evelynne

sesame · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject:

hi, Evelynne,

thank you for your input. first off, it sounds like you are doing very well in nz - that alone is such an encouragement! we are thinking of applying for a working holiday visa (so we can work part-time on organic farms while we travel/self-market) - but we haven't looked closer into that yet....

also, good luck with your pr - sounds like you are at the door so to speak and have been asked to enter! Yes

...must be a good feeling.

se~

evelynne_r · I Like It Here Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 94

Hi sesame,

Yes, it is a great feeling to be at this stage of the EOI/residency process. Almost there :o)

If you can manage it, I would definitely recommend coming out on a WHV if you can. First off it gives you a chance to "try before you buy" - a chance to check out NZ without committing yourself to the full PR process. More importantly, it gives you a chance to clock up some NZ experience and referees which will help for permanent job applications. It also means you're on the spot if that perfect permanent job does come up.

Be aware though that your time working in NZ is unlikely to count towards NZ experience - you know you get extra points in your EOI if you've been working in NZ for over a year. I checked with Immigration, and that only applies if it's skilled employment AND you've been working in the same job for over a year.

Good luck with it.

Cheers,

Evelynne