scottishnomad

Hi,

I am in NZ at the moment on a working holiday visa, I work in IT and am going for residency early next year. I have spoken with a immigration company and they have advised I can proceed with my application upon getting a contract role for 6months+. (Start in New Year) They however quote me $9000 + fees (so nearly $15,000 for 2 people) to NZ government for myself and partner to move here, where as I could go direct to Immigration and just pay the fees.

Seems a lot of money to me, so was wondering what other people have, went direct to immigration or used a agency and any experience you have.

Cheers

Pete

garryhg

hi pete,were here on WTRat moment but will be going down PR route soon,would only ever do this ourselves,

wouldn't waste my money paying someone ,when we can do the work for free....anything you don't understand you can get free advice on this site
theres always someone on here that can help you...

where in scotland you from pete,fellow scots here.....jacky

simonmarkellis

If you're not getting a job offer at least for 24 months, you'd be throwing your money away - all you'd get is a work permit for the duration of your contract. You can't get a WTR visa without a contract for at least 24mths, and you can't get PR from a contract unless your employer is prepared to say in evidence that your employment is subject to extension following end of the current 24mth contract and PR being granted. Your better of doing it all yourself, it's not rocket science, and NZIS will help

happynz

Ya like it here, eh?

NZ$9000 + fees? Holy sheeeit! They're not going for it by half.



That's more reasonable, uh-huh.

Pete, DIY all the way. Jeez, NZ$15,000...un-freaking-believable...

scottishnomad

Edinburgh, yourself?

Yeh, I was thinking that, didn't seem that complicated, just need to be organsised and get all your info together.

I have few things to find out so going to pop down to Immigiration and ask

simonmarkellis

What's your field of expertise in IT and where are you looking to locate yourself. Wellington at the moment seems awash with vacancies for IT jobs as all the Kiwi IT people are going to Oz.

scottishnomad

Support, done bits of project management in the past, so thats what iam looking to get into. iam in wellie, quite a few jobs on the go which is good

garryhg

garry,my significant other,used to work in edinburgh,royal infirmary....we used to stay in dalgety bay,but we are from small village just outside st andrews origonaly....jacky

Platty

I could put you on to the agency that got Mr Platty an IT job in Wellington?