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cjuno
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
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Location: Japan
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 Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:48 am Post subject: Americans in New Zealand |
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I am interested in teaching in New Zealand and was just wondering if anyone can shed some light on the the situation for Americans in NZ regarding job opportunities.
I have a Masters and 5 years experience teaching in the US and Japan. |
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JosephP
Joined: 13 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Kia ora,
Yes, Americans can work in New Zealand. I did work in New Zealand until recently. Unfortunately there has been a rather severe contraction in the ESOL market. However, with your qualifications you should be looking into the polytechs and university language centres. The pay is on par or a squidge better than the private language schools and the benefits are better.
What you basically need is a work offer and your employer needs permission from NZIS to sponsor you for a work permit. Go for the maximum three year permit. It means a police clearance and health check, but overall the forms are dead-simple and NZIS is pretty easy to deal with.
Good luck... |
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Mikhai
Joined: 20 Jan 2005
Posts: 50
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:16 am Post subject: Police Check |
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| So how does it work getting a police record check if you are living in Korea outside of the states? |
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JosephP
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Go to your local cop shop, get your fingerprints done and send the prints and an $USD18.00 money order along with a letter stating your reasons (simple and to the point) to the FBI in Charleston West Virginia. I can't recall the exact address. Do a Google.
Good luck. NZ is beautiful. |
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