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Old Oct 2nd 2008, 11:02 am
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Hi all,
looking for some advice...we are a complicated case having a 9 yr. old reg. "blind"...he does have good residual vision and see print very close...he is a brailler at school...is in mainstream...does everything that his sighted brother and peers do although "occasionally"! a little more carefully...has a fractured arm at the mo from falling off the swing! Has no medical treatment..just 1 check up per year with his consultant and always been stable.
Basically we have had problems with an Oz visa.....does anyone know if we would have the same difficulties with a NZ visa as it is another option for us to look at ?
I will be really grateful for any info if anyone knows of others in the same position etc.
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Originally Posted by Claire W
Hi all,
looking for some advice...we are a complicated case having a 9 yr. old reg. "blind"...he does have good residual vision and see print very close...he is a brailler at school...is in mainstream...does everything that his sighted brother and peers do although "occasionally"! a little more carefully...has a fractured arm at the mo from falling off the swing! Has no medical treatment..just 1 check up per year with his consultant and always been stable.
Basically we have had problems with an Oz visa.....does anyone know if we would have the same difficulties with a NZ visa as it is another option for us to look at ?
I will be really grateful for any info if anyone knows of others in the same position etc.
Cheers all
Claire
Also I am a hairdresser OH a carer for adults with challenging behaviour.
Hi...
May be you could send Bevs a pm (she is one of the moderators) and she seems to be here,on the NZ forum...a MASS OF GOOD INFORMATION....
Hope this helps..
Regards Squidd...
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Old Oct 2nd 2008, 5:59 pm
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Thanks Squidd,
have PM'd her
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I'm not at all sure that I have any good news for you. I have looked up the NZIS operations manual and this is what it has to say. I have nipped out the bits that are not particularly relevant to you.

A4.10 Acceptable standard of health (applicants for residence)

1. Applicants for residence visas and permits must have an acceptable standard of health unless they have been granted a medical waiver. An application for residence must be declined if any person included in that application is assessed as not having an acceptable standard of health and a medical waiver is not granted (see A4.60).

2. Applicants for residence are considered to have an acceptable standard of health if they are:
1. unlikely to be a danger to public health; and

2. unlikely to impose significant costs or demands on New Zealand's health services or special education services; and

3. (unless the applicant is sponsored for residence by a person who holds refugee status in New Zealand) able to undertake the work on the basis of which they are applying for a visa or permit, or which is a requirement for the issue or grant of the visa or permit.

3. The conditions listed in Appendix 10 are considered to impose significant costs and/or demands on New Zealand's health and/or special education services. Where a visa or immigration officer is satisfied (as a result of advice from an Immigration New Zealand medical assessor) that an applicant has one of the listed conditions, that applicant will be assessed as not having an acceptable standard of health.

4. If a visa or immigration officer is not initially satisfied that an applicant for residence has an acceptable standard of health, they must refer the matter for assessment to an Immigration New Zealand medical assessor (or the Ministry of Education as appropriate).
From Appendix 10:-

Appendix 10 - Medical conditions deemed to impose significant costs and/or demands on New Zealand's health and/or education services

( rest of list removed, just leaving the section relevant to the OP)

In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe vision impairment with visual acuity of 6/36 or beyond after best possible correction, or a loss restricting the field of vision to 15-20 degrees
My view, and it is just my personal view as I am not a professional in any way but just another BE poster, is that you would have an extremely uphill battle. There is a poster on here who has had a heck of a time because his teenager has had Osgood Schlatter Syndrome which is basically growing pains.

Given your circumstances, I would recommend that you maybe start a dialogue with an NZAMI listed specialist immigration lawyer. They will be able to give you the bottom line on this. I can quite see that being blind or partially sighted does not have to mean you are a burden on a country. My husbands uncle is partially sighted, has always been so and is the main carer for my MIL. He has had a full working life and has always taken care of himself . If you can find the right specialist immigration lawyer, they may be able to put a case forward for you

Perhaps contact NZAMI & ask who they recommend.

One other thing to consider is your skills. Hairdressing (3911110 is seem as a skilled occupation but it is not on the shortages lists. This means that a skilled migrant application would be possible . You need to check what points you could claim. If you haven't enough , you would be looking at trying to gain an NZ job offer and any prospective NZ employer would have to prove to NZIS that there is no NZ resident for that job..

Still, perhaps check with a professional about your changes re. the medical grounds first.

Let us know how you get on and Good Luck !

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Thanks Bev, Caleb has a reading of 3/60...different way of doing it I suppose...so not sure how that would work out, will have to check.....having said that it seems as bad as the Oz immi....so not thinking that I want to go down that route again......as you say being "blind" does not mean you don't or can't work...personally I think immi should get themselves some glasses !!
Bad backs seem to be a main reason for not working in this country !!!! I do know that a real bad back is a reason to not be able to work before anyone shouts at me...but I'm sure you know what I mean ?!!
Thanks for the info and your time Bev.....at least NZ put this in writing so you know where you stand before you spend thousands of pounds and waste all your mental energy on going for something impossible !!
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OK m'love. Just sorry the manual did not offer up some better news. Please do contact NZAMI though and perhaps get some quality advice through a professional so you know you have covered all possible avenues.


Let me know.
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Bev, you gave me some info. last year about looking into visa's...we have a child reg. blind if you remember. Just letting you know that I am going to start looking into things. Not sure where it will get me but here goes !!!
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Hi there Claire.

Look ! I feel that we all have one life. Give it your best shot. IF it doesn't work out , then at least you tried . If you don't , then you will never know if you could have done it.

Here is a tohught.
Why not phone NZIS London and make an appointment to see them . IT may be possible to discuss direct with them and with an actual person.

Other than that , do look at the NZAMI site and use a reputable specialist consultant
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Last blind person I knew here went back to the uk because its much more structured for the blind
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Will def. have to look into that then....I was told by those involved in Caleb's provision in the U.K that a lot of the structures used to teach here have been developed from Oz and there would be "no" problems there and I must admit I kind of assumed that NZ would be pretty much the same. Thanks for that.....I shall delve more.....still very early days before we jump into anything!
Am in touch now with an adviser good on medical issues....thanks to Bev....will see what he advises !
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