chadfen Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi Folks just wondered if any of you knew the score with working visa's for NZ, Me n the mrs both went out last year for 2 months travelling really but while we were there I hooked up with various contractors n shearers to help them out just to see how they did things over there really! anyway we both loved it and we said a few times it would be good if we could go over there in our winter and work as she made a good wool handler! and im a fencing contractor myself I know u only get one shot at a work visa for like a year or so and that's all u can get, but I just wondered if anyone knew of like a seasonal visa or owt? cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tepapa Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 You can get the working holiday visa which i think let's you come and go for a period of two years max If your under 30. Or You can get a normal work permit but there has to be a shortage of skilled labour in a certain area I.e. shearers in southland and you have to have a job offer to apply. There's a list on the nz website of eligible jobs try WWW.immigration.govt.nz . With this option you can't just go where you like you have go where the shortage is. Don't know if fencing is on the list and shearing was only in southland last time I went (2010) I went down to the nz embassy in London with all the paperwork and got a permit to take home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontrowfencing Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Pretty much covered it there tepapa. Best way is if you are under 30 the two year visa, that is what I did, but I think it was only one year when I went, they changed it not long after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadfen Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Sound, thanks for the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 if you do facebook, there was a couple of crews looking for staff recently, if you had a sponsor it might help... https://www.facebook.com/pages/NZF-Fencing/841702195849698?fref=ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadfen Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Cheers Robbell, That's a good FB page to trawl through! plenty of fencers porn :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Cheers Robbell, That's a good FB page to trawl through! plenty of fencers porn :-) Oh yes, box of tissues and the nzn facebook page and i can occupy a full night. (tissues are for a cold you understand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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