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Originally Posted by OneCurlyFry
I get a WHV, travel until I'm done, interview for & receive job offer, apply for WP, start working?
If I want to stay, I can then apply for PR? I'm a little worried about the points process - because if my qualifications don't get me the extra 50 points, I'll only have 120 when I apply (assuming I have a job offer).
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You could do it the WHV way and do all your travelling at the beginning and then look for a job and work at it until just before the visa expires, then apply for a WP. Alternatively you could travel to NZ on a Visit Visa, do your travelling and then look for work. Once you have a job offer you can apply for a WP. If you hold a WP you can, at the same time, put in your application for PR. If you have 120 points, that's enough to allow you to apply but, if you gain some NZ work experience as well meanwhile, that should help you even more.
I think maybe you have to be coming into NZ from Oz to be able to fly directly into Wellie or Chch.