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  1. Philippines Expat Forum
    I'm 75, US born, and much traveled. I gained Australian Citizenship a couple decades ago after working there for a long stint. 7 years ago I moved to NZ, where Australian Citizens automatically have permanent residency. A year ago, for many reasons, I renounced my US Citizenship and am...
  2. Australia Expat Forum for Expats Living in AU
    Dear all, Can someone please explain with the new rules in place, is it just about spending 4 years in Aus for a NZ citizen to gain a Citizenship in Australia? Will we be granted Permanent Residency as soon as we enter Australia? or its going to be just SCV? - Is it the same cost for the Aus...
  3. New Zealand Expat Forum for Expats Living in NZ
    Hello Everyone, I have applied for the Skilled Migrant Category Visa back in June 2021 and there have been many delays due to the COVID pandemic at that time. The requirements were 160 points at that time and I was able to score 165 without securing a job offer. I was later on selected and...
  4. New Zealand Expat Forum for Expats Living in NZ
    Hi, I have been offered the opportunity to move to New Zealand with my Family (wife and 4 kids). The company have offered me a wage of $80,000 moving to $90,000 after 1 year. With a 4 bed house, rent paid by them for 6 months then subsidized to $500 p/m for one year, relocation lump sum of...
  5. New Zealand Expat Forum for Expats Living in NZ
    Hello, I am just looking to see if anyone can shed any light on the following please, Can you recommend any companies that assist with moving to NZ. Is there any expectation of the NZ Government dropping the requirement for a UK resident to be fully vaccinated order to gain entry to the...
  6. New Zealand Expat Forum for Expats Living in NZ
    Hello, My family and I (including myself, spouse, two elementary-school aged children, and three cats) are considering a move for one year, open to staying longer, to the Hawke's Bay area for work as a specialist physician. We are Americans. Staying longer may depend on whether my mother could...
  7. New Zealand Expat Forum for Expats Living in NZ
    Hey guys! Has anyone (offshore) been granted Critical Purpose Visitor visa recently on the basis of a job offer from a NZ Employer? Looking for some advise from fellow members. Thanks a ton!
  8. Coffee lounge : Immigration sharing ideas
    The government’s new Parents’ residence policy is currently hugely criticized. The government is quite right if they wanted to develop an immigration policy which is meant to favor New Zealand. But this newly introduced parents residence policy is apparently in no way in favor of the country...
  9. Expat Tax
    Hi all, My partner is a US national now living in New Zealand still in the transitional tax resident stage meaning her USA investments are not yet subject to New Zealand capital gains tax. She has some USA-based equity investments with some hefty unrealised long term capital gains. She is also...
  10. New Zealand Expat Forum for Expats Living in NZ
    Kia ora koutou, My partner is a US national still in the transitional tax resident stage. She has some USA-based equity investments with some hefty unrealised long term capital gains. She is also earning well under the US$103,900 exclusion amount so isn't paying USA taxes on her NZ income. I'm...
  11. Coffee lounge : Immigration sharing ideas
    I know Australia has strict rules on pre-qualification experience and even with CDR, we can't claim points for pre-qualification experience. But NZ's official points calculator claims that I can claim points by deducting 5 years of experience for a qualification. I have 7 years of...
  12. Britain Expat Forum for Expats Living in the UK
    Hi there, I've been lurking and trying to piece together information, however I am feeling quite overwhelmed and would really appreciate some help. I am a British Citizen by birth, I've been living in New Zealand for 4.5 years and my American partner (John) is here on a work visa. We are...
  13. Articles: Australasia & the Pacific Islands
    New Zealand’s population is set to reach five million late this year or early in 2020 with people moving to live and work the biggest contributor to the increase, officials suggest. The population reached 4.9 million at the end of September 2018, according to data from Statistics New Zealand...
  14. Coffee lounge : Immigration sharing ideas
    Hello, I'm able to reach 165 points for SMC. However I do not have any NZ work or study experience. So what are the chances of acquiring SMC Visa without NZ experience? Is it worth to try?
  15. Coffee lounge : Immigration sharing ideas
    My employer won't give a employment reference letter without a proper addressee(he refuse to address to 'To whom it may concern'). Therefore what should be the addressee of the Employment reference letter for New Zealand Skill Migrant Category?
  16. Coffee lounge : Immigration sharing ideas
    Hello Friends I was planning to do Level 8 post diploma in IT, but when I read one article . I have seen that level 7 graduate diploma(Information technology) can also take spouse with work permit if it is in Long term skill shortage list. So I would like to know that to get work permit for...
  17. Coffee lounge : Immigration sharing ideas
    Hi All, How long does it take to get a Case Officer assigned? I have submitted my documents on 24th September at Manukau office but yet no case officer has been assigned. I just have received an email saying that I would take five months. On the forum and I have read that I could take only...
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