antony

antony

book’em danno

as part of our application we need to submit evidence of our clean criminal record. for us applicants that means our fbi “rap sheet.” to get your record you send in $18 and your fingerprints. the fbi site says we…

no, i’m still here…

nothing yet from nzis. 17 days not that i’m keeping track. i’m guessing we will hear something next week. 3 weeks seems to be about average.

A4 – that’s just 8×10, right?

as i mentioned the nzis site is very good and all of the forms are available for download as pdf’s. so i thought i would be optimistic and get a jump on the application process and print out the main…

maybe my email is down?

i’ve checked my email several times for the ita, but there’s nothing. maybe the email server is down? it has been over 24 hours since the eoi was selected and we haven’t heard anything. sure, i know it can take…

selected!

woo hoo! seems we look good in the eyes of a number crunching kiwi computer. now we wait for a full review of our eoi by nzis and an invitation to apply. this should be easy since i’m so good…

the eoi is in

one last set of changes, a final review and we hit the submit button. then the screen popped up asking for NZ$300. not likely to be the last expense. start: 14-JUL-06, day 1EOI submitted: 31-JUL-06, day 17EOI selected:ITA received:ITA submitted:interview:PR…

brother, can you spare 10 points

getting there. i started filling in the on-line eoi application and once again i’m impressed with the nzis site. very easy to jump around in the application. it keeps track of what sections are complete and has a running tally…

it’s all in the details

spend hours today at the nzis site reading about the process. kudos to the nzis for a fantastic site. all the background info you could possibly be lookng for – insights into the job market, typical salaries (very low by…

cool those jets

based on the poking around i had done before i knew that the application process would take some time, but now the timeline is starting to get clearer. for those applying in the “skilled migrant” category (like us) they heavily favour those…