Hi all,
I'm currently in Fiji and have been granted a job search visa following a SMC visa application. This visa will allow only myself to travel to NZ and work after which INZ will approve my SMC visa if I can provide evidence that I have found permanent skilled employment in NZ. This is good. What I want is to take my wife and child with me to NZ. They will have to apply for a temporary visa in order to accompany me to NZ (as per the CO's advice). What I'd like to know is which visa do they have to apply for and what are the chances and processing time like. I searched the INZ website for a temporary visa option and came up with a Partnership Based Temporary Visa but looking at the visa guide, it says that this is not applicable to applicants who's partners have a SMC job search visa. Can someone please help me out here as to which visa would be more suitable for my partner and 2 year old child to accompany me to NZ. I dont need my partner to work until we get our SMC residence visa approved (they are both included in my SMC visa application). Looking forward to some advise from you all who have gone through this in the past. Thanks.