It just gets better!
So, it turns out that we couldn't submit the ITA that we received as the qualifications didn't match up. So it turns out we have very few points - certainly not enough to get pulled out of the pool again. I'm over it!
To find out more information and to hopefully find some alternative, we went to London, to NZ house and had a chat with a nice immigration officer. He was really helpful, but said his hands were tied, but that we were good candidates to be immigrants to New Zealand. What we took away from the meeting was that we could simply go to NZ on a tourist visa and look for a job when we got there and then complete the visa process with a job offer and the glorious 50 points this would give us!
This, unbeleivably, is what we have decided to do! The flights are booked for the 24th October and we will be looking for a job pretty much from the moment we land! It is really exciting, but obviously very nerve-wracking, but we are both committed to the process and will do everything we can to secure a teaching job between us before Christmas...
Roll on October...
We sent in our ITA anyway even though my degree is set from NZQA as a primary school teacher and I've applied as an Early Childhood Teacher. Crossing our fingers they will let us through even if it is on a WTR visa since I'm sure we'll get a job. Wow so you've decided to give it a go. I think we will wait and see what kind of decision we get out of our ITA and then see what we can do if it doesn't go the way we want. If you get a job will you then go back and apply under the Skilled Migrant Category?
ReplyDeleteWow that's very brave I love it! Best of luck with it all I reckon you'll be fine.
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Good luck!
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