Hi,

Scenario:

  1. Job search visa (nine months) as a result of resident visa application under SMC approved
  2. Visited New Zealand in Feb 2020, NZ gets into lock down in March 2020
  3. Can't exercise the job search, border control getting strict and most of the countries were closing borders
  4. Wife gets infected by COVID-19, left with no choice but to travel back to home land for family


Any grounds to request INZ to approve the nine month job search visa and give a fair chance to exercise the job search now or after few months when economies start reviving after Pandemic situation?
Please suggest/advise. Thank you.