Scottish family needing advise on moving to New Zealand
Aug 11th 2015, 4:24 pm
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Scottish family needing advise on moving to New Zealand
Hi, we are a young married couple with 2 children (3yrs & 6yrs) I currently am a full time stay at home mum and my husband works full time as a barber.
We live in a nice 3 bed semi in an ok area of Scotland quite close to Edinburgh. We are not looking to move to gain financially, but to offer our children a better, healthier lifestyle.
-Can you give any advise on where are the best towns to live?
-Do you know of any good property rental websites?
-Our son (3yrs) has Down syndrome, currently he is very well supported in the UK, what kind of support would be offered out there?
-what could we expect to pay for a property?
any other help or advise would be greatly appreciated
Thanks 😃👍
We live in a nice 3 bed semi in an ok area of Scotland quite close to Edinburgh. We are not looking to move to gain financially, but to offer our children a better, healthier lifestyle.
-Can you give any advise on where are the best towns to live?
-Do you know of any good property rental websites?
-Our son (3yrs) has Down syndrome, currently he is very well supported in the UK, what kind of support would be offered out there?
-what could we expect to pay for a property?
any other help or advise would be greatly appreciated
Thanks 😃👍
Aug 11th 2015, 7:50 pm
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Re: Scottish family needing advise on moving to New Zealand
first you would need to look a visa to enable you to live and work in NZ, unfortunately barber is not on any of the careers listed as required on the immigration website so it may be very difficult to up lift one.
As for your son I have heard from a few expats and a couple of kiwis alike with children with special needs and the care and support you are offered can be very hit and miss, especially for school aged children as it is the school that decides if they wish to apply for funding for the child.
As for property you will expect to pay what the market rate is for the area you are in and that various all over the country. you could get a feel for rental and purchase costs by looking on trademe site.
Also read through the threads on here as housing stock and standards here are very different to what you may be used to.
As for your son I have heard from a few expats and a couple of kiwis alike with children with special needs and the care and support you are offered can be very hit and miss, especially for school aged children as it is the school that decides if they wish to apply for funding for the child.
As for property you will expect to pay what the market rate is for the area you are in and that various all over the country. you could get a feel for rental and purchase costs by looking on trademe site.
Also read through the threads on here as housing stock and standards here are very different to what you may be used to.
Aug 11th 2015, 10:55 pm
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Re: Scottish family needing advise on moving to New Zealand
It will depend on what level of support your lad needs , both now and in the future . Both for health with regard to any developmental disorder and for education.
Is he likely to be statemented ? If so, then you may struggle to be accepted into New Zealand as there is a $$ cap.
For the health requirement it is $41K over a period of 5 years.
Regarding educational need NZIS has this to say.
With regard to your husbands occupation
If your thoughts were that you would come and he would set up a Barber business , then it would be the entrepreneur visa. This is a tough visa, both in terms of the outlay and also the pressure to turn over a profit ad aim to employ NZers.
The first thought though must be whether or not your son would have the acceptable standard of health for you all to emigrate to New Zealand.
Is he likely to be statemented ? If so, then you may struggle to be accepted into New Zealand as there is a $$ cap.
For the health requirement it is $41K over a period of 5 years.
Regarding educational need NZIS has this to say.
A4.10.5 Assessment of whether an applicant for a residence class visa is unlikely to impose significant costs on New Zealand's special education services
- The requirement that an applicant for a residence class visa must be unlikely to impose significant costs on New Zealand's special education services is not met if the Ministry of Education (MoE) has determined that there is a relatively high probability that the applicant's physical, intellectual, or sensory condition or their use of language and social communication would entitle them to Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) funding.
- Where it has been determined that there is a relatively high probability that an applicant would be entitled to ORS funding, the following factors have no bearing on whether an applicant is unlikely to impose significant costs on New Zealand’s special education services:
- The ability of a person or organisation to pay for education services.
- The ability of a person to provide in-home education services.
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If your thoughts were that you would come and he would set up a Barber business , then it would be the entrepreneur visa. This is a tough visa, both in terms of the outlay and also the pressure to turn over a profit ad aim to employ NZers.
The first thought though must be whether or not your son would have the acceptable standard of health for you all to emigrate to New Zealand.
