Originally Posted by
Karen Phillips
Hi. You sound like you have lots of opportunities in NZ. To get a job as a doctor, your wife would need to obtain provisional registration with the NZ Medical Registration Board - see
https://www.mcnz.org.nz/home/doctors...n-new-zealand/. If she obtains this, she do not have to an Individual Qualification Assessment from NZQA. She can then either apply for jobs and then go for residence when you get one or see if you have enough points (140) without a job offer. See
http://skillshortages.immigration.go...paediatrician/. The job isn't on the Long Term Skills Shortage List, but it is on the Immediate Skills Shortage List - which mean that getting a work visa is much easier (but it doesn't help for residence. As a software developer, your job is on the Long Term Skills Shortage List, but if your qualifications are from Brazil, you will have to have them assessed by NZQA - see
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualificatio...ns-assessment/. Hope this helps to get you started.
Thank you Karen, for the information, it was very helpful.
Originally Posted by
parpalhou
I think it would be easy for you to find work here, and with your two careers you will be able to earn a good living.
As for the other site, I've read a lot of those stories in other places so I think they are all real but they've basically taken the worst ones and put them together on one site. So I think that's something you could do for any country. I could say a lot of good and bad things about living here. Are there any particular concerns you have?
Hello parpalhou,
I think my main concern is to not find a job before I run out of my budget. I'm also worried about facing discrimination for being an immigrant.
I think a lot of the negative stories I've read about NZ was coming from a first world country perspective, but coming from a third world country like I am, I don't think those same experiences will apply to me.
I'm thinking of getting a business trip visa for 4 months, so I can look for interviews and maybe get a job offer so I could apply for a work visa. Is that a good plan?
Also, what's the best and worst thing that you could say about living in NZ?
Thank you very much.