Bored_Of_UK

Am 32 and have just found out that I am 1 year too old to apply for a Skilled Workers Visa (4 years).
I have been advised that a working permit (1 year) restricts me to one company if I find a job.
Also recently applied for a job and was turned down because i didn't have a visa sorted.
Want to work in South Island (Queenstown) as an accountant, if possible, as I love my sport, outdoors.

Does anyone know where i should start and if it is possible. Did a points check and didn't have enough points as it is not one of the areas NZ is looking for.
If you get a job outside of Aukland however you get 50 points. Chicken and egg! No visa - no job. No job - No visa.

jeany

Hiya

You could apply for a WHV (18 - 35) through www.bunac.com
then whilst out there apply for work permit once you have a job?

J

Stu75

Hi there. Sorry to hijack your thread but I was wondering which Skilled Workers Visa this is that you mention. Is this the Skilled Migrants visa or is there a specific 4yr visa that is available.

I am in a similar situation to yourself and am planning to go with the working holiday visa but am interested to know a bit more about other visas available. The NZIS website doesn't appear to mention a 4yr skilled workers visa.

Bored_Of_UK

This is the Skilled Migrants Visa. I was informed that it was 4 years, but i have also heard now it is permanent.
The other way is the Work permit.

CWEMM02

I wonder if there is not some confusion. You can apply for immigration under the skilled migrant category. You will receive at returning resident visa and a permanent resident visa that is stamped the date you first land. You can live and work in New Zealand as a permanent resident. I don't know where the four years is from.

Biddy

And being 32 is not a problem.

CWEMM02

Yeah, I had a significant birthday recently and I was still accepted. It must have been all those photos I had to send.

kt0157

Slightly off-topic, but why is the NZ immigration forum here shared with the Oz one? I mean, the two countries are thousands of miles apart, have completely different immigration systems, rules, regulations, costs, timelines. Each is a separate nation with its own Government.

About the only thing the two countries have in common is a similar-sounding accent. By that reckoning, the Canadian and US immigration forums should be merged.

K.

CWEMM02

K
I am Canadian and to my ears, the US accents sound quite different to my own.

kt0157

Yeah, and ditto for Kiwis and Aussies. But the rest of the world can't tell, which is why Yanks travel the world with Canadian flags sewn on their backpacks..

K.

CWEMM02

Yeah, when I lived in the UK, my friend from Northern Michigan used to pretend to be Canadian.

kiwichild

You could always apply to migrate to OZ and once you have citizenship.. then move to NZ. I think OZ cut off age is 45.

sarahw

If you are a chartered accountant you should get enough points to apply for PR as a Skilled Migrant as that's on the skills shortage list.

Sue

The immigration forum's are gateways to the usenet newsgroups. The Aus/NZ forum propagates to the misc.immigration.australia+nz newsgroup. Not sure why the two countries are part of the same newsgroup but as far as I know it's been like that since its inception.

Sue

Spacecake799

Have tried to do EOI form but although we have enough points a job offer is not forthcoming, therefore our EOI will not be accepted. Having spoken to some agencies on the phone they suggested we sell up and just come out for a holiday with a view to getting a job and not returning. Whilst this seemed mad with 3 kids we've got no other choice so our house is on the market and when it sells were off! However i had'nt thought about the WHV, i am 36 at the end of June. Could i apply for this now, not go untill maybe September and then bring my family with me on this visa?