wooah

Australia? or New Zealand?
New Zealand? or Australia?

If someone could please decide and let me know then that would make my life easier.

And if anyone says Canada I won't be happy.

Sam

i say.....


piss off to New Zealand

wooah

That was easy. Deal done. Cheers.

Amazulu

Australia is a 1st world country, NZ is a borderline 3rd world country.
We have a great economy, they don't.
We have fantastic opportunities, they don't.
Etc

One of the biggest advantages of not living in NZ is that your kids won't grow up with that wanker/retarded kiwi accent.

lynetteh

The weather is substantially colder in NZ which was a big factor for me.

Secondly NZ has a much smaller economy so depending on what you do for a living this may affect your career prospects.

Nickimas

I know years ago it as easier for someone from New Zealand to move to Australia than it was if you were emigrating from the UK for example. Is this still the case or has that all changed?

Nicki

Alfresco

Kiwis can live and work in Oz and vice versa.

If you get Oz citizenship you are free to work in NZ and vice versa and also if you have a PR for either country.

Lots of Kiwis move to Oz to live and work.

Nickimas

So you could move to New Zealand and easily move to Oz later in life (unless the rules changed).

Nicki

Alfresco

You could move to NZ and get citizenship, then you can live and work or retire in either country.

bourbon-biscuit

Not quite- Oz PR affords you living and working rights in NZ but NZ PR doesn't get you living and working rights in Oz

I prefer the Kiwi accent- less of a drawl

Alfresco

Ok that's interesting and good to know, thanks.

Oz being stingy and clamping down again.

bourbon-biscuit

PS you should post this in the NZ forum too for a different perspective

wooah

Good idea. Would be interesting to see what "the other side" think ;-)

So let me get this straight. My wife is Australian so I qualify (hopefully) for a partner visa (possibly temp possibly permanent). If I get an Oz partner visa I can fly to Australia to validate it and then fly straight to NZ to live and work if that is what we wanted. Is that right?

What I am trying to avoid is to have to go through the hassle of the NZ skilled migration programme if I don't have to.

Alfresco

Well yes, if your wife is Ozzie, you can get an Oz spouse visa and work in NZ.

If you want to then get Oz citizenship at some point (a passport), you won't meet the citizenship test requirements if you haven't lived in Oz at all because you were in NZ.

I would get Oz PR spouse visa, then qualify for Oz passport (citizen) then go and work (forever if you want) in NZ.

I'm not too sure how it all works.

lonndongeek

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