Hi Stevey

Not sure if you can answer this or not, but I'll give it a go. I'm planning on heading to NZ towards the end of this year - OCt/Nov time - with my NZ partner. So, lucky me, I've got a shoe-in visa wise. Unlucky me, I have nae cash, having just been a student for the last 3 years. Anyhoo - If it were going to save me sorely needed pennies to wait till I got to NZ before applying for a working visa through the partnership route, I seriously need to consider it. From what you've said, am I understanding you correctly that it could be relatively quick and painless to get my meds and have my application processed, so I could start working without too much delay? Or is that why you'd have to be on a WHV first, because the processing might take a while? I'm trying to weigh up whether to spend the money from this end to make sure I'm able to work when I get there or try to penny pinch but risk being unable to work for 3 months. Did the conversation you had with NZIS give you any info that could help me?

Thanks so much!

Lil.