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Southern Man: Time is your enemy
Posted by Iain on Oct. 12, 2018, 5:24 p.m. in Immigration
Time is every migrant’s enemy. I trot this very good advice out consultation after consultation, hour after hour, day after day and have been for year after year. The longer you leave it to file your resident visa application in New Zealand or Permanent Residence Visa in Australia, the greater the risk of changes to the rules. Migrants tend to forget that advice once, in their minds, they have decided to make a move. They make the decision to move today but it is usually many months before they can file anything and in that time Governments can, and do, move the policy goal posts. Governments on the whole have little regard nor care for what a potential immigrant might have sacrificed, invested or given up to get into a position where they can file residence papers.
Southern Man: New Zealand 'values' test for migrants
Posted by Iain on Oct. 5, 2018, 3:08 p.m. in Politics
Last weekend NZ First, the smallest but most powerful of the three parties making up the New Zealand Government proposed at their annual conference, making immigrants and refugees declare their belief in New Zealand values.
Southern Man: Skilled employment and ANZSCO
Posted by Iain on Sept. 28, 2018, 2:29 p.m. in Skilled Migrant Category
Part of the mystery to applicants is how immigration officers decide if the job they hold in New Zealand is a ‘substantial match’ to the skilled job descriptions in the Australia New Zealand Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO).
Australia Blog: Australia: Tradesmen
Posted by Myer on Sept. 21, 2018, 4:34 p.m. in Australia
One of the categories of occupations most needed in Australia and New Zealand is the 'tradie' or tradesmen, yet recent changes to Australia’s general skilled migration visa program have made it more difficult for the tradie to qualify and will encourage more of them to move to New Zealand. Australia’s loss will ultimately be New Zealand’s gain.
Southern Man: Education Armageddon
Posted by Iain on Sept. 14, 2018, 6:30 p.m. in Education
Earlier this week the unions that represent primary school teachers agreed to consider an 'across the board' pay rise, with something going to all public sector primary level teachers, but more going to those with greater experience. Teachers will vote on it next week. Reaching some agreement with the primary teaching sector is critical if the Government is to make any dent in the projected 3000 teacher shortfall expected by early 2020 which would be less a crisis as much as an education armageddon.
