Thread: Section 18A - When does residence permit start?
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Old 14-04-2008, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by nickydwuk View Post
I am about to submit our ITA complete with job offer. I have just read all the guidelines again and read about section 18A. I was always under the impression that you had to start work within 3 months of arriving (or activating your PR) if you claimed points for a job offer. We are due to arrive in September and I am due to start work on 6th Oct. Now I am a little worried that I have to start work within 3 months of being granted PR - ie. when the blue stickers are put in my passport. If this is the case and they grant my PR before July I could have a problem. Can anyone clarify this for me?

Hi Nicky

We too have the 18a in our passports, all you do is after 3 months with the employer who you applied with, i.e. CHB, you get a letter from HRE stating your hours worked and start date, copy of your wage slips and pop them off to the CHCH office, which is just off the main square.

Its nothing to worry about.

Alan
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