Hi all,
I have just joined the forum and want to share my experience with you.
To start with, I am a Computer Science Engineer from India and am working as an IT Business Analyst in Auckland.
I am one of the lucky ones to get the Silver Fern visa in 2010 and arrived in Wellington on September 7 last year.
Actually, I had been working for the past 4 years as an SAP consultant in India and was told about this particular visa by my best friend who works here in Wellington.
I applied for the visa and after some immigration formalities like NZQA assessment, medicals, character checks etc., was given the visa to fly to NZ and search for a job.
After I arrived in Wellington, I started looking for IT jobs and being out of India for the first time, the new place was treating me well.
However, I got a bit depressed after a long queue of failures in securing a job in NZ. I sometimes thought why I came here after leaving such a good job and work profile in India. But my friend who supported me financially and morally, gave me a lot of support on this very front and encouraged me not to lose hope.
So after 5 months of adverse circumstances, 350+ failures and rejections in various job applications (frankly speaking, I had stopped counting after this number) in NZ, I got an interview call for a role in Auckland. I traveled to there and attended the interview.
Finally after a week, I was told that I had been selected for that particular role. I literally started crying out of excitement.
Then I moved to Auckland the next week and joined the new office. Its been 3 weeks now since I have joined here and I am really loving this opportunity and the city too.
I have recently submitted the EOI (with 205 points in total) for a permanent residency in NZ and it has been selected last week.
I am now waiting for the invitation to apply for residence.
I look forward to contribute in this forum and use the available resources too.