Hi All,
I am British and have been working in NZ for the last 4 months with a 6 month work visa. I love it here, so flew my family over to join me a couple of months ago. The condition of my existing visa is that I have to show my payslips, IRD statements and proof from my company that they have continued to recruit for my position. I supplied all of that with new applications recently, as well applications for my family (2 girls 4 and 6 months). They have replied saying that they do not think my companies attempts are sufficient, even though they show newspaper adverts, on-line adverts and contact with recruitment agencies. One other point is that they have now also asked to see my IRD earnings information for 2012-2013. Last year I was working for my own real estate consultancy in Eastern Europe, but not paying myself a salary. The real estate market back there was in recession and the business was not successful, hence the reason I made the drastic decision to move to the other side of the world.
How does this information affect my application? Why was I never asked this information in my initial work visa application? Is this because my family are applying to live here too?
Any advice greatly appreciated..
B..