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Thread: Applying for visit visa while the application for SMC Residence Visa is processing

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    Default Applying for visit visa while the application for SMC Residence Visa is processing

    Hi! I just need to get some advice if it is possible or allowed to get a visit visa going to New Zealand even if we already have an ongoing application for SMC Residence Visa?

    We have our CO already and we are just waiting for their next step which is probably an interview. We thought of going to NZ to have a look and maybe attend a job interview.

    We are just thinking that if ever we go there to visit, and get a job offer and send the offer to the CO, maybe it would be easier to get the SMC application approved. Does anyone know if this is possible?

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    If they will grant you a visit visa, it's fine to get a job offer while you're there, to help things along. There is a sort of 'double' feeling about this in INZ culture that you need to be aware of - see the links below.

    http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread....246#post479246
    http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread....104#post464104
    http://www.move2nz.com/downloads/Nat..._27-jan-12.pdf

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    Thanks JandM, our plan is to just attend some interviews and probably we're going on a 2-3 week visit only as my brother in law is already there, we can have him sponsor us or maybe just my husband.

    we still have our work here in uae and plan to just take a leave for less than 1 month that we can use to visit NZ and attend interviews personally. we still wont resign and just wait until we get an official job offer from an employer in NZ. how soon does employer asks the employee to start in NZ? will they give us at least a month to process our own visa as we have an application lodged already?

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    We started our PR application in April'2008 and applied for NZ visitor visa in May'08 (for job searching - which was approved), further to which I applied for Work Visa in June'08 (which was also approved).

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    Employers know that having a valid visa first is an absolute legal MUST, so they have to allow for processing time when making an offer to a foreigner. They say when they would ideally prefer you to start, but the timing has to be realistic.

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