Hello all,
I am French, married with South African Citizen for almost a decade, we have a 3 years old daughter with dual nationality.
We have some family in Auckland, and because my wife already came to New Zealand on a tourist visa in 2013, while I was in the Netherlands, I decided mid-April 2018 to visit the family and the country.
In the meantime, my wife, while in South Africa, got a job offer to work in Auckland. Starting date: ASAP. I then extended my stay in NZ as my family is coming soon.
My wife is coming in July with my daughter on a tourist visa from South Africa. Once in New Zealand, she will start the process for her working visa with the company.
I have been looking around on the immigration website of NZ, however, while reading the forum, I got a bit confused with some of the threads, and would like to have them clarified if possible.
She has a job offer, the company is going to support her for the visa, even though they are not an accredited company and they could not find a suitable local candidate for more than 2 months.
Can you confirm that she has to apply for an Essential Skill Working Visa for this type of job? Does she have to fill an EOI? Is it possible to apply for my daughter and my visa at the same time? Or should we wait for my wife to get her visa, and then start our application? From my understanding we must apply separately.
Her hourly rates will be higher than 35$/h, can she expect to have a 5 years visa? Can we also expect to have the same length of visa for my daughter and mine?
Thank you for your support!
Tonyo