Hi all,
Let me start with a special thanks to JandM for helping me to be onboard! Thx a lot sir🙏
I have a bit of situation, on 7th Sep 19, received a letter from MoJ ( Ministry of Justice) that I have some pending fines and I shall contact them immediately. Surprising letter was posted at my frnd’s address. Once I called MoJ, I was informed that car no xx registered on my name was fined by NZTA for an unauthorised use of special lane on 30th Jan 2019 (car is driven by my wife) and I did not respond to their fine notice / reminders. During verification of my personal details, lady on the phone found out that a different address, which I have no linkage was registered with NZTA and I need to change it which I did immediately. MoJ has sent me an email with a form 78B which I have returned duly filled and with proof of my address etc. Now hoping that my fine will be reverted to the prosecuting authority/NZTA for out of the court settlement!
On form 78B, a question was that I have updated address with NZTA , which I had no knowledge that we need to update address as well. I have two cars and both were showing on that wrong address (probably car dealer made mistake).
My SMC application is sitting in queue since 13 Aug 2019, although it is no where even close to CO allocation but I hope above situation does not have any negative impact on my application?
Another thought, I am an ex military officer, got retired from Pakistan Military at Lieutenant Colonel rank in Oct 2018 and joined my family in NZ in Nov 2018. My wife had moved alongwith our 3 children in Sep 2017 to start her PhD from AUT. It took us nearly 9 month to get our first visas granted (my wife and children got student visas and I got visitor visa) due to my military service. Visa officer asked me tones of details about my 25 years of military service record / posting places and nature of duties etc but ultimately got our visas approved for one year. Once we applied for the extension in Sep 18, it got approved on 11th day for two years term😄 super fast this time👏👏.
Now I am the principal applicant with operations manager job in one of the security company with 78 k package, hope my military service will not cause any delays in our residency application?
(From Sep 17 to Nov 18, I visited NZ twice,1st arrived with my family to get them settled and for the 2nd time in Jan 2018 and spent 4 months in NZ , utilised all my accumulated leave of 25 years 😄
Looking forward to your opinions please.
My visas time line
1st visa applied : Nov 16
Visa granted : Aug 17
Moved to NZ : Sep 17
(Wife and children are in NZ since their 1st arrival and I went back to complete remaining military service)
Extension of visas applied : 11 Sep 18
Extension for 2 years granted: 22 Sep 18
(my visitor visa got converted to open work visa)
Moved to NZ after retirement: 17 Nov 18
Got 1st job in one of the security : 5 Dec 18
Moved to another security company for a better role : 1 Apr 19
Finally got a job offer for a manager position with a start on 1 July 19 enabling me to apply for residency 😄
EOI submitted with 180 points claim : 15 May 19
EOI selected /ITA received 17 May 19
ITA submitted : 22 July 19
Application accepted for processing : 13 Aug 19
Waiting for CO allocation
(My daughter 3rd year university fee for bachelors in IT is due in Feb 2020, I wish I could save this money, already paid her 2 years fee approx 68 k 😔. Fingers crossed .....