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redido
Testing The Water
Joined: 16 Dec 2003
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject: you've got to be in it to win it |
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| having decided to go to nz,me and my wife and our three boys (aged 3,2 and 10mths) have sold our house and intend to fly out in june. my job is on the pol and i have 25yrs experience in the trade, hope to get a job offer within a few months and hopefully get a 2yr work permit, then apply for pr. i just hope this route works for us, anyway my question is do i need police checks and medicals to take with me or doesn`t it apply once your there. anyone else taken this route.... |
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rodders
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Joined: 25 Nov 2003
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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you've got guts mate - good luck to you. 
i guess that anything that you need in your home country, you'll need to provide in nz. they won't slacken their requirements just because you've made it to the shores of godzone. |
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Raeven
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Joined: 01 Mar 2004
Posts: 156
Location: Central Coast of California
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Hi, redido,
Hats off to you for jumping cannonball into the pool! I'm sure you all will do fine and your job search will be successful in the manner you propose.
My own situation is a bit different as I am married to a NZ native and it is a simple matter for me to apply for and receive a work permit allowing me to enter the country as the partner of a NZ citizen (please resist all temptation to throw rotten fruit!). I will apply for PR once we have entered the country, and I had the same question as you. In speaking with the very helpful immigration official at the NZ consulate in Los Angeles, I was told that all police checks and medicals could be accomplished from within NZ after we have arrived -- and applying for PR within NZ is cheaper, too. We had the option to apply for my PR from the US, but the process takes about 9 months and costs nearly twice as much, versus applying for a work permit which takes 2-3 weeks and costs nothing.
Hope this information helps, and best of luck to you all! - Rae |
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Lauren
I'll Hang Around A Little
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
Posts: 43
Location: Christchurch
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:39 am Post subject: police checks and medicals. |
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Hi
We are travelling on work visas.
You don't need medicals or police checks to get a work visa, only for PR. No point getting checks and medicals till ready to apply for PR as they have to be issued no more than 3/6 months prior to initial application so will be out of date.
We are planning to obtain ours from the UK whilst in NZ just before applying for PR.
Hope that helps.
L. |
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