What if job offer withdrawn once visa granted?!

doppler · Testing The Water Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 1

Great site! Can anyone out there tell me what happens if job offer withdrawn 4 weeks before leaving UK after selling up etc!! Is work visa invalid? Can I still travel to NZ - my partner also has job. My job is looking a bit shaky as can't start the day they want me to - expect me start 2 days after land in Auck! I want at least week off to organise things etc - but don't want to lose the job. Am on POL so know will get another - its just the visa business - don't want to be deported as soon as I get there! Advice greatly appreciated!

veronica · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject:

I am going to stick my neck and and say consider starting when they want you to, especially if not doing so means losing the visa. most working visas tied in with a job offer are only relevant to that job, and the complications of starting over again would be far greater than the hassle of starting work a couple of days earlier than you would like. I am assuming that they have already held the job open for you for a while.

The jet lag should be settling down, and I am sure they will understand if you are yawning by five o'clock. the sorting out, well there is yourself and a partner so that can be shared between the two of you., I would be very surprised if they minded you making a few calls or finished an hour early on occasions to sort stuff. To be honest the "sorting out " phase can go on for a month or more.

Both Pete and I have done the long haul trip about 5 times both ways and we usually start work the next day, and I know that my daughter and son in law went out in January and he started work 2 days later, so it can be done. Just go for it, it all works out in the end.
Good luck in your decision making.
Veronica