Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but there is a problem with immigration I desperately need some help.
I have just finished my Master in Microbiology and about to apply for "graduate job search visa", which will give me 1 year visa to find job in NZ
The problem is my student visa expired on 31st of July and I am currently stay here on visitor visa.
The requirement for application of "graduate job search visa" stated that my application must be submit no later than 3 months of my student visa expired and also require a copy of my qualification.
The tricky part is that I waited from July to now ( November) just to get my qualification verified ( took 4 months for marking and correction) so I cannot apply for the visa above earlier ( no qualification available) and now when I am ready to apply for the visa, I am already late for the 3 months deadline.
What should I do ? My supervisor and department head are ready to sent an explanation letter to explain the situation of my late application, but the immigration staff ( on the phone) said that it won't be matter as my application will not be approve, according to the regulation.....through I can try , he said.
I also explained the reason of my delay in achieving my qualification before with INZ and they gave me the current visitor visa to stay here still March 2014 and wait.
So, should I just go a head and apply for the visa ( with all of the letter from my supervisor and Uni) ? what should I do if it fail ? should I use an Immigration adviser ?
Any advise will greatly appreciated and best reagrads