Green Fruit

To all those who are looking to get in to New Zealand quickly, New Zealand radio has just announced that the Silver Fern Visa will be here in April. As the policy tends to favour either overseas students or applicants from "visa free" countries, it could be really useful to highly skilled UK migrants.

garfield250

Here is the recent media report in the latest edition of the NZ Herald;

A new "silver fern visa" will lure young highly skilled workers from around the world to New Zealand, Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman announced today.

The new policy will be implemented next April, giving people the opportunity to look for long-term work for up to nine months.

Once they have a job, people could apply for a two-year working visa, which could possibly lead to residency under the Skilled Migrant Category.

"The National-led Government made a pre-election promise to attract higher-level skills to New Zealand and today's policy announcement delivers on that promise," Dr Coleman said.

"In the global competition for skills, we need to encourage young, career-minded people to choose New Zealand as long term destination."

There will only be 300 places initially available for people aged between 20 and 35 years old'.

Green Fruit

In terms of specific requirements, here is some background information:


http://http://www.workingin-newzeala...es/silver-fern

I hope the above helps.

garfield250

Also take a look at the Governments web site for details;

www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=31457