Hi,
We've got our CO assigned in May after the long long process, the email informed that we shall receive further update in June. I'm now planning for wat's ahead of us, with possibilities that we get WTR or Residence Visa...well...not much to plan if we are declined, may b we shd use the migration money to buy some new toys as consolation.
My questions:
1. Is that you'll be given a work visa for WTR OR a residence visa with 2 years expiry?
2. How's the timeline for WTR? Is it like you'll be given 3 months to consider whether you want to take it, and you send in the passport and money if you want to take it? After you decide to take it and got the Visa, you have 3 months time to check in NZ if you r outside NZ and another 9 months time to look for a job after you arrive?
3.How much we need to pay for WTR? My husband n I both in IT line but he's the principal applicant, is that both of us can start looking for job and can get to convert to residence visa if any of us get a job (I saw someone did tat in the forum but not sure if there's any NZIS document for it)?
4. If we get WTR, how the medical treatment, childcare and tax when we ship something from our home country going to be like? What's the difference compared to residence visa?
5. If the principal applicant gets a job within the 9 months, how long we'll need to wait for a residence visa conversion ( I understand there's no 'standard' timeline, hope someone can share their experience)? Is there a lot of paperwork and another long wait for WTR --> Residence?
6. Just want to clarify, if we get a residence visa straight, is that we just need to arrive NZ within 6 months and stay at least 2 weeks to activate it?
My apologies if the questions have been asked before, please point me to the thread or guidebook with the information if there's any, may be I used the wrong keywords to search. Thanks in advance.