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Old May 1st 2010, 9:08 pm
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Hi,

Has anyone been to NZ on a holiday visa, stayed to find a job and got a visa from there? We would love to do this (have friends in the north island) and would love to hear of anyone's experience good or bad.
Both have good trades but not on LT skills list etc. so only 115 points.
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Old May 4th 2010, 10:16 pm
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Originally Posted by glysen1
Hi,

Has anyone been to NZ on a holiday visa, stayed to find a job and got a visa from there? We would love to do this (have friends in the north island) and would love to hear of anyone's experience good or bad.
Both have good trades but not on LT skills list etc. so only 115 points.
Thanks
Glysen
We did it on a Working Holiday Visa. Both me and wife found jobs within a month. Mine sponsored my work permit which arrived 2 weeks after applying for it and we are currently waiting to hear back on our EOI to go for PR.

Go for it!
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Originally Posted by glysen1
Hi,

Has anyone been to NZ on a holiday visa, stayed to find a job and got a visa from there? We would love to do this (have friends in the north island) and would love to hear of anyone's experience good or bad.
Both have good trades but not on LT skills list etc. so only 115 points.
Thanks
Glysen
I did it... up'd and left the UK three years ago having sold up lock stock and barrell... found a job within three weeks and the rest is history...
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yup.. arrived on a holiday visa

wife found a job within 2 days.. we had PR straight away
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Can I ask you to clarify? An ordinary holiday/tourist visa or a working holiday visa - unfortunately we are too old to get a WHV both in good jobs but also not on LTSSL eventhough we would have 130 points - probably wouldnt get picked without job offer.

Any additional pointers would be appreciated as planning to go for a few weeks in July (cant really go longer as family etc)

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Old May 5th 2010, 5:48 pm
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yup.. arrived on a holiday visa

wife found a job within 2 days.. we had PR straight away
Thanks guys, just what we wanted to hear - guess its 'hold your nose and jump in' time - yippeeeee! See you soon.....
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