Crystal Lil,

Sounds like your best bet, under the circumstances, would be to enter NZ on a visitor?s visa. When you get there look for work and as soon as you get a job offer, apply for a Work Permit (shouldn?t take too long, could even only be a couple of days). That will allow you to stay in NZ and will allow you to work legally, whilst giving you some breathing space to sort everything else out.

You certainly wouldn?t be eligible for a second WHV as you?re only allowed one bite of the cherry, plus the fact that you?re over 30. I was under the impression that the police checks would take about 40 days, but perhaps Stevey?s got some inside info on that. Had a feeling that Nattydread posted something about it, but I can?t find it at the moment. Police checks last for 6 months before you'd have to do them again if you hadn't used them by that time.