Glossary of abbreviations

Immigration related abbreviations
BMB - Business Migration Bureau
CBD - Central business district (in cities)
CO - Case officer
EOI - Expression of Interest
IELTS - International English Language Testing System
ITA - Invitation to Apply
LTBV ? Long Term Business Visa
LTSSL - Long Term Skills Shortages List (POL Replacement)
NZIS - New Zealand Immigration Service
NZQA - New Zealand Qualifications Assesment
OSL - Occupational Shortages List (No Longer Used)
PI - Pacific Islander
POL - Priority Occupations List (No Longer Used)
PR - Permanent residency/resident
SMC ? Skilled Migrant Category
STSSL - Short Term Skills Shortages List (OSL Replacement)
WHV - Working Holiday Visa
WP - Work permit
WTR - Work to residence

General forum user abbreviations
AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAIR - As far as I remember
AISI - As I see it
aka - also known as
ASAP - As soon as possible
ATST - At the same time
BTW - By the way
BWDIK - But what do I know?
DBEYR - Don't believe everything you read
DHYB - Don't hold your breath
FTTB - For the time being
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
HTH - Hope this helps
IBTD - I beg to differ
IDGI - I don't get it
IDK - I don't know
IDTS I don't think so
IIRC - If I remember correctly
IIWM - If it were me
IMHO - In my humble/honest opinion
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IOW - In other words
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
JAFA - Just another f*****g Aucklander
J/K - Just kidding!
J/W - Just wondering
KWIM - Know what I mean
LLAP - Live long and prosper
LMAO - Laughing my ass off
LOL - Laughs/laughing out loud
MTFBWY - May the force be with you
OH - Other half, husband/wife etc.
OMG - Oh my gosh
OTOH - On the other hand
PMSL - P!ssed myself laughing
ROFL - Rolls/rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling on ohe floor laughing my ass off
SCNR - Sorry, could not resist
WTF - What the f*** or (polite) What the flip

Thank you so much for this glossary. With any luck it will make managing this forum a bit easier(seems 97% of posts are from U.K.). My partner and I are planning a move to NZ in about 4 years but I've already spent a lot of time starting the research. The NZIS website, although helpful gets to be extremely tedious; as every page you open leads to another and then another and then another.......... finally 10 pages later your "simple" question gets answered. We're heading over in a few weeks for a month visit, deciding on what area we'll settle in. Is there a free-internet service IN NEW ZEALAND to sign up for(in the u.s.a. we have: hotmail.com, yahoo.com & aol/online.com). I know I could access these, but would really like to start building proper relationships in our future home. Thanks for any help. Ciao.

Hi Kiwi2be,

to the forum. You certainly are starting your research early, but it?s always good to be prepared. You never know when fate can take a hand and you may find yourselves making the move to NZ even sooner than you thought.

I would agree with you about the NZIS site. I think we all get a bit swamped by it. It?s like being in a house with doors that open into rooms with doors that open into more rooms and so it goes on. I?m sure they could organise it so it?s more user friendly.

I?m not quite sure what you mean by ?free Internet service? in NZ. When you talk about Yahoo and Hotmail it brings to mind a new email service, which is to be launched at the beginning of June in NZ. If you are interested, it?s called Rockmail and is free for normal use. Nothing much to see at the moment, but watch that space.

Good luck with your fact finding trip. Let us know how you get on. :023:

Hotmail and Yahoo are already free email services. In terms of getting on the web, internet cafe's or places with wireless internet (airports etc.) are the best bet. Some hotels might have free wireless internet but most I have come across require you to pay a per hours charge for use of the the internet.