What a great site! Already learned a ton. My wife and I were granted residence visas in 2005, came to NZ in 2006, but had to return to US in 2007 for family reasons. Now we want to migrate again, BUT EOI is only 120 points (in 2005, 120 was enough). Bummer. Well, my question is whether we should approach this any different given that we've had resident permits before? I'm fully aware of the regs, but don't see any posts from former residents. 120 is without job offer, but both of our qualms/exp are not on skill shortage lists. Would love any thoughts, and YES, I know we should have stayed 2 years the first time;-) Aloha