Hello fellow kiwis.
So I'm in a bit of a pickle and need your recommendations.
1) I've been on a Talent Visa WTR for slightly more than 2 years now with a base salary that's not far off from $90K. The expiry is on 1st June 2017 (the whole time i had in mind it was 30th June by the way, gah!)
2) Right now we're getting my partner's police cert sorted out and it will take 4 weeks to arrive.
3) Whilst under the impression that our visa ended on 30th June, I booked us a flight out of NZ for a friend's wedding and arriving back on the 6th of June.
Yikes, i know right. So i spoke to an officer and she suggested that I re-apply for a WTR to be safe since it's highly likely that the application will TAKE MORE than 3months due to backlogs.
So now i'm thinking, should i just can the residence application for now, get my new work visa approved and then get a new job or a promotion sorted out to push to 90K base salary within the next 6-9 months and then only apply for the Residence Visa then, as I will have a better chance at getting PR instead?
Thanks a lot for your time and answers!