Hi Guys

I am new to this forum and pretty happy to find this thread with all the great info. Hope I can join you.

I am also a US pilot married to a Kiwi hoping to move to NZ. We have talked about this for a few years but made the decision a couple of months ago to push ahead.

I have my ATPL and the requisite PIC hours so it looks like I just need to do the Air Law exam if I am trying with Air NZ??

Had planned to wait until after I had applied and hopefully had an interview before applying for residency but looks like I will need to push ahead as soon as poss. to even have a chance of being considered. Main concern is if the residency visa is only valid for 12mths what if the ANZ process takes longer and it expires?

A couple of questions Tweet and Aloha might be able to help with - how did you go about sitting the Air Law exam in the US? Was it arranged through ASL in NZ?. Should I have this done before sending in my applic. to ANZ? Also what materials did you use? I saw the sample papers on the ASL site and Pilot Books recommended a bunch of stuff - is there anything more concise/user friendly?

Koru - you have great info. Just wondering if it would be realistic to commute from ChCh - a little worried after hearing about the lack of flight benefits - can you jumpseat?

Last Q (for now anyway) - I have a contact thru my wife's uncle. He has asked to see my CV. Did any of you send a resume / CV? Just thinking the NZ style might be different from the 1 page US one I have - any thoughts?

Cheers for now

S