Quote Originally Posted by allune View Post
@Rease did you apply for an essential skills work visa based on ITA?
No — I am already working in NZ on a work visa, and my partner is in NZ on a partner visa. But he applied for residence under the SMC category, and we applied to have my work visa and his partner visa renewed because the processing time for the SMC application is many months, and my work visa would expire before a decision is made. In order to ensure it wouldn’t expire, we had to apply for them to be renewed. It’s been an expensive year.