andy&georgina

Hi All

Ok - story so far:

I have scored 105 points (without any points in skilled catergory or chances of employment at present).

I know I could put my EOI in but chances of it being chosen are very slim.

Where to go from here?

My skills are as a PA/Admin etc etc - so I doubt I will secure a job from here in the UK ? Do we risk going over there for 6 months and then hope once I have a job that they will be happy to wait for me to start whilst we organise our house etc?

Damm its too ealry for a drink


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sean n

My story is pretty similar. I have 120 points and have submitted EOI but am wondering what to do if it doesnt get selected.
Can you just go out on some sort of visa and get a job and then apply? Is so I recon its got to be the way to go.

I need to sell the house and have a wifey and 2 kids to sort as well though so this makes the gamble more of a big deal.

I will probably go for it though and suggest you do the same.

I would say admin work should be easy enough to come by out there from the business research I have done.

Good luck with it.

Paladin

If you REALLY want to live in NZ then go for it girl!! Treat it as an adventure - get your butts out there on the 6month visitor visa and work like hell to find a job!!! You CAN make it happen if you WANT IT bad enough!!!

Good luck!!!
Dave

andy&georgina

Hi Dave

VERY TRUE - indeed!!

Can you apply for PR when your out there as a visitor in NZ??

By the way I use to live in Cotswolds near Burford


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Paladin

You bet you can!!! They love approving people with job offers!!!! Fast tracked!!!

andy&georgina

Excellent - well I think we may just have to take the risk!!!!!

So where in Cotswolds are you? (I am nosey)

Eastbound

[QUOTE=andy&georgina]Excellent - well I think we may just have to take the risk!!!!!



Hi
how about applying for work visas then at least your in with a fighting chance of having a job that will help you with your pr application as far as im aware you have to have police certs now but im not sure if you have to submit to a medical for WV maybe someone else could enlighten you on that one

andy&georgina

[QUOTE=Eastbound] Hi

Thanks for then reply.

But we cannot get work visas as our skills are not in the required areas.




So we are going to try our luck at securing a job whilst out there and then put in our EOI hopefully!!

Paladin

Stroud, but am not from here; I'm from Cambridge via Essex via Kentucky via Colorado via Kent!

A bit of a nomad LOL!
D.

andy&georgina

LOL All over the shop

so when you off to NZ?

newkiwi

are you under 30?..if so u can get a working holiday visa...

otherwise you may have to come to NZ, and treat it as a 6 month holiday, and be prepared for a lot of "we cant help you"s....not something to do if you get easily discouraged...

If you are here you may want to target employers who are registered under teh work to residence scheme, i think any job with a registered employer offering more than 45k pa qualifies you for a work to residence visa.

Finally, you can try knocking on as many doors and seeing if you can get a job offer, if its not on the shortage list your employer wil need to show they could not fill the job from the local market.

good luck

dlmckay

You may find it hard to get admin/pa work for more than this... not wanting to put you off, but this is at the high end of the scale...

andy&georgina

Thanks for your replies - Have phoned NZ House & they have said if I secure a job offer in whatever my profession might be, mine being PA/Admin then that counts on your points scores.....Happy Days !!!