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Emigrating to New Zealand

12 years ago
Dear All,
I hit a small snag while getting my documents ready for the work visa to NZ. Hope someone can help out.

I previously stayed in the US for 7 years. According to the NZ regulations, I need a police certificate to vouch for good character in a place I've stayed at for more than 5 years. So the suggestion was to get one from the FBI. But the FBI takes 5-6 weeks to process, which is a bit long, plus there is a finger-printing procedure.

Just wanted to know if there's any way around it or I just need to suck it up and hope for the best? If yes, how to go about getting the fingerprint thing taken care of?

Thanks in advance
Julie-Anne

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