What Type of Visa???

[onedoz]

Hi everybody,

We need your help for apply to the good working visa.

We are a french couple, and fall in love for NZ. I'm 28 and She's 24. We are with a Working Holiday Visa, and we have found a job in Auckland.

I'm baker and She's a front end designer. Both of our employer can give us a long term job.

We need to apply for a working visa, but who is the easier to have? Sponsorship visa or Resident visa?

Thanks you in advance to help us.

Emilie and JB

[JandM]

Some questions.

Is either employer an accredited employer?

When will your WHVs run out?

I see from the INZ skill shortage lists http://www.immigration.govt.nz/templ...ACHEHINT=Guest that 'baker' is on the Immediate Skill Shortage List, so, if everything else is good, that would entitle you to a work visa quickly if you have the right qualification. Is your qualification a Level 4, equivalent to 'National Certificate in Baking (Craft Baking) (Level 4) OR National Certificate in Baking (Inshore/Franchise) (Level 4)'?

351111 Baker is also on the list of Skilled Occupations, so if you have that right qualification just mentioned, with your job offer, you can qualify under SM7.10.1 b (i) for Residence http://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/46411.htm.

Using the same page, I don't find anything for 'front end designer' - what industry is this in?

[onedoz]

I prefer to don't tell the name here. But I think he isn't a accredited employer. I Think her job is on long term skill as a Web Developer (261212) (she built the design of website and also use the specific language to built it) She have a qualification level 08 as web designer and an level 07 as service and communication networks

In France I have a dregree of bakery as a qualification level 4. Also I have a qualification 08 as an Accountant (but don't want to work under this job). The visa Residence is a permanent residence? I saw we need to do a EOI? and inside we need to have our IELTS (or not really)?

Do you think I need to specifie that I have two different qualification? With my partner we are together since 5years and half. If after her try period she have the job, we can apply in the same EOI or do separate (we're not married)?

Our WHV run out October 12, but we need to go back in France the first because at the begining we don't want to stay here and we have bought a return ticket.

Thanks a lot

Emilie and JB

[JandM]

This is to let you know I have seen your reply. There are a lot of points to answer here, and I will be back to do so a bit later on.

[JandM]

The visa Residence is a permanent residence?

Yes. Within NZ, Residence can last for ever. When you get Residence, it comes with two years' travel conditions, which allow you to come and go freely. (After that, if you were out of the country, your Residence could lapse.) After a minimum of two years, you can get the visa changed for Permanent Residence, if you have shown commitment to NZ, and that allows you to live in NZ, and come and go freely, for always. http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...quirements.htm

I saw we need to do a EOI? and inside we need to have our IELTS (or not really)?

One of you needs to do an EOI, and the other can be on the application as secondary applicant. You both have to show proof of English ability. This does not HAVE to be IELTS, if you have some other kind of proof. English requirement for the principal applicant. http://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/41495.htm English requirement for the secondary applicant. http://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/41495.htm However, the INZ official has the right to ask for IELTS if they have any doubts.

Do you think I need to specifie that I have two different qualification?

No, you don't. You only need to mention, and prove, the qualification for the job you want to do in NZ.

With my partner we are together since 5years and half... we can apply in the same EOI or do separate (we're not married)?

You only need to prove 12 months' partnership to be able to apply for Residence together. And for INZ, partnership is defined as a live-in relationship - you don't have to be married. (The English way of saying the first part: My partner and I have been together for five and a half years - this may be useful when talking to INZ.) There are many old threads about partnership proof. http://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=cr#o...iw=804&bih=502

If after her try period she have the job

I think you said that you ALSO have the offer of a permanent job. So you could put in the EOI, without waiting for the end of her trial period.

we need to go back in France the first because at the begining we don't want to stay here and we have bought a return ticket.

You don't HAVE to use the return half of your ticket - you can just notify the airline that you won't be travelling. This is fine as long as you still have a valid visa when you are staying in NZ. I was thinking, if you both have permanent jobs in NZ, your employers may not find it very helpful if you need to go out of the country so soon after starting work for them.

Our WHV run out October 12

I asked this because I wondered if there would be time to process an application under Skilled Migrant (the EOI, etc.), before your WHVs run out, and the answer is probably 'no'. http://www.immigration.govt.nz/branc...ocessingtimes/ Therefore, you will first need to apply for a temporary work visa (which can be processed much more quickly) - the details and requirements are here http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra.../requirements/, and, like I said in my first post, your job is on the Immediate Skill Shortage List, which will make things easier - and your partner can apply for a partner-sponsored temporary work visa http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...milystream.htm at the same time. You can send in all the forms together, with a cover letter linking them, and the Case Officer will work it all as one case, supplying things you will not know to start with, like your visa number, as they become available. If you put in your EOI as well, a lot of the evidence will be used for both applications. You should get your work visas quite quickly, to allow you to stay in NZ legally and work at your jobs, and meantime the application under Skilled Migrant will go on in the background and take as long as it needs to.

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...milystream.htm

[onedoz]

Thank you very much for all this information.

Tomorrow I will go to the office to ask some more questions and take a folder.

What's the more quick, apply on internet or in paper?

Do you know this medecine center (www.aucklandmetrodoctors.co.nz) It's a good one or not really?

Cheers

Emilie and Jb

[JandM]

What's the more quick, apply on internet or in paper?

I don't think it makes any difference.

Do you know this medecine center (www.aucklandmetrodoctors.co.nz) It's a good one or not really?

I don't know it, no. You could start a new thread with that in the title, so anyone who has used them can give their opinion.

Several people have recommended this service http://www.nzimed.co.nz/home/, so you might like to check to find a doctor that can use it.

[onedoz]

Hello again !

I am gone today to the immigration officer. The women who has received me was not really friendly and i'm not sure if all I have understand is right.

She say me to apply (me) with a working visa and my girl friend with a partnership (she said it's easier because i'm in a shortage list.

This is the right way? So I need to apply in a working visa, my partner for a partnership. Both need to have a medical check and also an employer supplementary form for both of them?

When we have all the files we need, can we deposit into a same folder? She say also we need to leave our passeport?

Thanks so much for your help

Emilie and Jb

[JandM]

What the INZ official said is what I told you just above - here it is again, with the links to the pages that tell you exactly what you need.

Therefore, you will first need to apply for a temporary work visa (which can be processed much more quickly) - the details and requirements are here http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra.../requirements/, and, like I said in my first post, your job is on the Immediate Skill Shortage List, which will make things easier - and your partner can apply for a partner-sponsored temporary work visa http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...milystream.htm at the same time. You can send in all the forms together, with a cover letter linking them, and the Case Officer will work it all as one case, supplying things you will not know to start with, like your visa number, as they become available.

The employer supplementary form will ONLY be for you - your employer is supporting your application, and you then support your girlfriend's application.

[onedoz]

Thank you very much.

Just a last question : when our working visa will be accepted, can we leave the country for holidays or not ? (for two or three weeks ?)