BEVS

How many points do you have without a job offer please?

Is this the skill you will be using to migrate
Just getting a feel for your application & it will help those in the Rotorua area.

Why Rotavagas out of interest?

PobnPooky

Hi Bevs, thats the skill and as both of us have degrees and under 30 we have about 200 points which is good.

Part of our interest in NZ is the volcanic activity and where better to experience that than Rotorua? The smell is a bit hideous but id be interested in what the locals make of it. Im very interested in renewable energy and love the idea of living near geothermal activity and potentially using it to heat a home as well as bathe in it...mmmm.

The other reason is were not big city folks but like keeping our options open so decided to stick with north island and in the middle, at least to begin with.

Might seem like superficial reasons but to be honest we dont know many places in nz apart from Hamilton which i wasnt overly excited about.

Out of interest, does anyone own a horse over there? I was wondering how the costs rate against the uk costs. I know a lot has been mentioned about other costs being high so just asking out of interest.

I am concerned about the cost of living issue. We dont havemuch money, dont own a house and i know we wont earn mega bucks over there so this is one of the main things we need to talk about before we make the move.

Thanks for all the comments so far though, its helping a lot. This forum is brilliant and im so impressed at the wealth of knowledge and willingness to share.

Robbi

MrsFychan

Wow that's a lot of points without a job offer.
Can you give a run down on how you get to that amount, it may help others who are looking to fill in their EOI's.

My friend has a horse here, I know she says that it a lot cheaper than where she was from, not UK. I'll see if she will pop on and give her costs or just give me her cost run down.. She does treat her horse as a princess though so she probably spends more than she needs to.

MrsFychan

Ok so my friend came back with this:
grazing costs anything from $25 to $50 a week and then you add costs depending on the horse etc. Farriers cost approx. $40-50 and you need them approx. every 5 weeks (Again depending on the horse). If you're going to hard feed the horse you add those costs (Depending on what you feed your horse). Hay in the Wellington region costs $8 dollars per bale.

then of course you have all the tack and blankets etc on top.

PobnPooky

Thanks MrsFychan, thats great i dont have no here so will price it up as its a long term dream and i love riding in nz.

With regards to the points, i did the calculation thing with my husband the other day and it came out at 200 but ive just done it again to list everything and its come out at 130. Nevermind, still over 100 which is the main thing. We both have degrees, his in electronis and automotive engineering and has worked in the industry for 8 years. I work in Admin and Logistics and have done for 5 years. We dont have kids, are under 30 and are in good health so thats how its worked out at that. No idea how it would change if we had kids and were older though, will cross that bridge if we come to it.

My sister is going for residency soon as she moved to christchurch a few weeks ago but is there on a temp visa at the moment. If she gets that then we may get more points

Argh my brain is all messed up already! This is going to be an interesting ride

Robbi

BEVS

I've tried to calculate for you based on what you have written using automotice electrical occupation which I am assuming he has the matching quals for per NZ standards.

Age 20-29 = 30 points
Main applicant degree = 50 points
Bonus Absolute shortage = 10 points
Partners degree = 20 points
Work Exp 6+ years =30 points
Absolute shortage bonus = 15 points

155 total

Does that look right to you?

I sometimes wonder if the points indicator has a mind of it's own.

If you have over 140 points then you would get an automatic pull from the pool.
If uder, then we need to look at past selections and think if you need a job offer or not.

Don't let your brain frazzle though. You'll get there.

Persephone

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