Originally Posted by
JandM
Here are the bare facts about the partnership visa situation. I'm just saying how it goes, not specially recommending it over your other idea.
If you were on the WHV you have talked about getting, you could do any work you were offered - it's an open visa. You would need to collect three months' evidence of living together to be able to apply for a partner-sponsored temporary work visa, which would be for a year in the first instance. You would need 12 months (including those first three) to apply for partner-sponsored residence, which would then take 6 - 12 months to process, and obviously, if the relationship broke up and you moved out before you had residence, you wouldn't get it.
Yea it seems like a quicker way, i'm just not sure it completely worth the risk, especially since there probably isnt a shortage of my skill in Dunedin. would almost be a gamble haha