Hoping for a move to NZ
Apr 26th 2011, 1:46 pm
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Hoping for a move to NZ
Hi, i am Tina and new to the site. My hubby and I are both Police officers and we have two boys, 8 & 5yrs
My hubby has just been told that in January 2012 he is being forced to retire after 30yrs in the force, he is only 48yrs old
I have 20yrs police service.
Several friends emigrated 5yrs ago and having visited NZ and with the forced retirement we discussed and decided that a move to NZ is right for our family
Full of enthusiasm we looked at the points system, to our horror we qualified for only 40 points with hubby as main applicant and 55 points with me as the applicant (i am slightly younger), we both joined the force straight from school
We understand that the only way for us to be considered is for one of us to be offered a job
So we are busy emailing and looking at jobs that will hopefully employ us later this year
We will keep you updated but any advice will be gratefully received
My hubby has just been told that in January 2012 he is being forced to retire after 30yrs in the force, he is only 48yrs old
I have 20yrs police service.Several friends emigrated 5yrs ago and having visited NZ and with the forced retirement we discussed and decided that a move to NZ is right for our family
Full of enthusiasm we looked at the points system, to our horror we qualified for only 40 points with hubby as main applicant and 55 points with me as the applicant (i am slightly younger), we both joined the force straight from school
We understand that the only way for us to be considered is for one of us to be offered a job
So we are busy emailing and looking at jobs that will hopefully employ us later this year
We will keep you updated but any advice will be gratefully received
Apr 27th 2011, 6:07 pm
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Re: Hoping for a move to NZ
Don't know what qualifications you have but if you both do a HND or equivalent (2 year course) this will give the the primary applicant qualification points and also earn an additional 20 bonus points for the spouse. Worth a try??
Apr 28th 2011, 12:53 am
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Re: Hoping for a move to NZ
Hi, i am Tina and new to the site. My hubby and I are both Police officers and we have two boys, 8 & 5yrs
My hubby has just been told that in January 2012 he is being forced to retire after 30yrs in the force, he is only 48yrs old I have 20yrs police service.
Several friends emigrated 5yrs ago and having visited NZ and with the forced retirement we discussed and decided that a move to NZ is right for our family
Full of enthusiasm we looked at the points system, to our horror we qualified for only 40 points with hubby as main applicant and 55 points with me as the applicant (i am slightly younger), we both joined the force straight from school
We understand that the only way for us to be considered is for one of us to be offered a job
So we are busy emailing and looking at jobs that will hopefully employ us later this year
We will keep you updated but any advice will be gratefully received
My hubby has just been told that in January 2012 he is being forced to retire after 30yrs in the force, he is only 48yrs old
I have 20yrs police service.Several friends emigrated 5yrs ago and having visited NZ and with the forced retirement we discussed and decided that a move to NZ is right for our family
Full of enthusiasm we looked at the points system, to our horror we qualified for only 40 points with hubby as main applicant and 55 points with me as the applicant (i am slightly younger), we both joined the force straight from school
We understand that the only way for us to be considered is for one of us to be offered a job
So we are busy emailing and looking at jobs that will hopefully employ us later this year
We will keep you updated but any advice will be gratefully received
Welcome to the forum, best and easiest place to start is
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/
this will give you an idea at header lever whether or not to apply for EOI
