Hi there my name is Beverley from South Africa. My husband and i plan to travel to Auckland on Visitors Visas in September 2008 with the hope of looking for suitable employment at the same time. I am a secretary by profession and my husband is working in a call center. Both my parents have PR in NZ as well as my sister and her family. From what I understand i need a job that offers me NZ$30 000 pa in order to apply for residence as my sister will be our sponsor. Can anyone please tell me if i will have difficulty finding a job as a secretary in Auckland given the fact that I only have what we call matric (grade 12) and a secretarial certificate with 15 years working experience on an executive level. I really want to move closer to my parents and my sister as they the only family support that we have, but at the same time i really need to know that i wont have difficulty in obtaining a workpermit for the type of work that i do. Please advise anyone as i'm planning to resign my job in July.
