Some changes on immigration
Oct 11th 2016, 1:46 am
#1
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Jan 2012
Location: St Albans, Christchurch
Posts: 586
Some changes on immigration
A few tweaks to current rules.
Rising demand for New Zealand residency sees Government turning down the tap | Stuff.co.nz
Rising demand for New Zealand residency sees Government turning down the tap | Stuff.co.nz
Oct 11th 2016, 2:58 am
#2
.
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Posts: 2,744
Re: Some changes on immigration
Reducing the number of parent category visas from 5,500 to 2,000. Can't help but wonder who that's aimed at. The immigrants from the far east who have been bringing their old mum and dad over to New Zealand for years ? OK, ethnic backgrounds aren't being profiled but personally I find it a bit obvious.
John Key has got an election to win next year, so he's got some voter pandering to do. Not outside of Auckland, though.
John Key has got an election to win next year, so he's got some voter pandering to do. Not outside of Auckland, though.
Last edited by Snap Shot; Oct 11th 2016 at 3:01 am. Reason: making the post clearer
Oct 11th 2016, 3:02 am
#3
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Jan 2012
Location: St Albans, Christchurch
Posts: 586
Re: Some changes on immigration
Oh god not another election.
Oct 11th 2016, 3:04 am
#4
.
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Posts: 2,744
Re: Some changes on immigration
Go on, admit it, you love it really !
Oct 11th 2016, 3:57 am
#5
MODERATOR
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Wellington - I miss Castles, the NHS & English school system
Posts: 9,077
Re: Some changes on immigration
thanks for the heads up, have put it in the Immigration Section
Oct 11th 2016, 4:54 am
#6
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2013
Location: Perth
Posts: 623
Re: Some changes on immigration
That is quite a significant increase in the points system they require, i got bang on 140 pounds a year ago so i am pretty lucky i went for it as soon as i could. I feel 160 points is too high especially for people who have invested many years here and contributed just as much tax as a citizen, many skilled workers will find it harder to get in. Just when New Zealand had started to reverse the mass migration to OZ and bring some skilled workers slightly improving wages and the standard of living they put the breaks on one of the main factors for causing such growth
Oct 11th 2016, 5:29 am
#7
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 450
Re: Some changes on immigration
Seems to me the changes will lead to a larger decrease in immigration than they are predicting. Wonder if it will ease the house prices? Suppose thats the aim, along with taking the wind out of Winston Peters sails before the election
Oct 11th 2016, 6:17 am
#8
MODERATOR
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Wellington - I miss Castles, the NHS & English school system
Posts: 9,077
Re: Some changes on immigration
to be fair when we were applying the points for outside of Auckland were less, can't remember if it was 10 or 20 less. Once MrF got a job offer his points went way over 160.
Oct 11th 2016, 10:02 am
#9
Forum Regular
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 228
BIG CHANGES as of tomorrow to points test threshold and parent visas
The points test is increasing as of tomorrow (12th October NZ time) as are options to apply for parent visas!
Here is a link to more information:
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/abou...gramme-changes
Here is a link to more information:
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/abou...gramme-changes
Oct 11th 2016, 10:05 am
#10
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2016
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 744
Re: BIG CHANGES as of tomorrow to points test threshold and parent visas
Conveniently just a couple of days before the next Parent Category draw :-(
Hang on....
So they are not selecting any EOIs *FROM* the pool?
Does this mean that you can still pay them to submit an EOI but they aren't going to draw any for a while?
Capped family category: capped categories for parents, adult children and siblings.
So it looks as though they will still process adult children and siblings (thought they'd stopped that in favour of parents a few years back?) but aren't drawing ANY Parent EOIs from the pool for the moment (presumably until they work out how many places are left after adult children and siblings are allowed in).
Hang on....
As well as the changes to the SMC the number of places for the capped family categories is being reduced from 5,500 to 2,000 per year and the Parent Category will be temporarily closed for new applications while it is reviewed. As a result, no Expressions of Interest will be selected from the Parent Category Pool from 12 October 2016.
Does this mean that you can still pay them to submit an EOI but they aren't going to draw any for a while?
Capped family category: capped categories for parents, adult children and siblings.
So it looks as though they will still process adult children and siblings (thought they'd stopped that in favour of parents a few years back?) but aren't drawing ANY Parent EOIs from the pool for the moment (presumably until they work out how many places are left after adult children and siblings are allowed in).
Last edited by LittleGreyCat; Oct 11th 2016 at 11:11 am. Reason: Further reading
Oct 11th 2016, 6:04 pm
#11
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2016
Location: Surrey
Posts: 523
Re: Some changes on immigration
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesh
I'm lucky my job experience puts me at 160 (190 if I get a job offer outside Auckland) seems like a massive number of people won't make the grade though
I'm lucky my job experience puts me at 160 (190 if I get a job offer outside Auckland) seems like a massive number of people won't make the grade though
Oct 11th 2016, 6:48 pm
#13
MODERATOR
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Wellington - I miss Castles, the NHS & English school system
Posts: 9,077
Re: Some changes on immigration
yeh but can't remember if previously if it was 10 or 20 points, think it was only 10 but not sure
Last edited by MrsFychan; Oct 11th 2016 at 6:56 pm.
Oct 11th 2016, 7:02 pm
#15
MODERATOR
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Wellington - I miss Castles, the NHS & English school system
Posts: 9,077