Hello everybody,
This is my first thread, hopefully I'm asking my question at the right place!
My boyfriend and I met in New Zealand 2 years ago whist traveling on a Working Holiday Visa. I stayed 6 months on my WHV and he stayed 9 months.
I'm from Canada and he is from Scotland.
My question is:
As we did not stay the full length of our Working Holiday Visa when we were there in 2014-15 is it possible to come back to NZ on this visa?
I read the following information on http://www.newzealand.com/uk/feature...ked-questions/
"What happens if I leave New Zealand for a while and then come back?
The Working Holiday visa is a multiple-entry visa. That means your Working Holiday visa is activated when you first arrive, but you’re free to leave New Zealand and return as many times as you like. Any time you spend outside of New Zealand will not be added to the total time your Working Holiday visa is valid for."
Does it mean we could come back to New Zealand on the WHV we were issued in 2014 if we still have some time left on it?
Our main plan is to move to NZ permanently (as we love it so much!). We have done some research and should be able to get enough points to go on the Skilled Migrant Visa route if my boyfriend gets a job offer (I'm a graphic designer and my boyfriend is a Metal Fabricator). The only problem is that my UK visa is running out in August this year and we wouldn't have time to go thought the whole process of the Skilled Migrant Visa before then (we are not really chuffed about paying for an other 2 years visa for the UK neither... as we want to move to NZ eventually)
We were thinking about going on a working visa to be able to move to NZ faster and then apply whilst in NZ for the SMV.
But, having read that we might be able to re-enter NZ on our Working Holiday Visa, we are now wondering if it would be an option. --> Find a job whilst being in NZ on our remaining WHV and then apply for the Skilled Migrant Visa.
Please let me know if this is too confusing and I'll try to make sense of everything!
Hope to hear from somebody soon!
Thanks a lot
Catherine and Rory