Ffs Nz!

[mstriumph]

I can't back this up with any facts, but I would anticipate that immigration would have some sort of pecking order like:

1. Taleban (jokes)
2. Aussies
3. Islanders
4. Brits
5. Rest of Commonwealth
6. Rest of world.

So if you are from Denmark, you need an astro physics doctarate, South Africa a degree, and Tonga, a pair of jandals (apologies if that offends anyone).

as i remember it, i DID have to have my jandals verified ........ - hey - mebbe they weren't as trusting as i thought

[jrandom]

One jandal...

One jandal to rule them all
One jandal to find them.

The Jandal giveth, and the Jandal taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Jandal.

[avgas]

Haha mate - welcome to the dark side of the moon.
No, NZ doesnt want skilled migrants. This was proven to me in the 3 year mission of mine to keep the G/F in the country.
Because she had an NZ B.Comm in Economics she basically had to apply for ONLY jobs that were to the same level of requirement. Yet our jandal wearing friends (or even her if she was lazy enough not to get educated) could stay here working in Mc'D's.
Consider yourself lucky if you get to go down the legal route, we ended up spending 10s or $$$$'s trying every conceivable path for her to stay.
Yet if i married her and not been respectful to the system that also would have worked also.

It was one of the "This country is FUCKED" situations for me. So far i have had 15 of these, im sick of it and i want out (started applying overseas last night).
Oh and if you dont like it - go complain to "Hon" Tuariki Delamere. You can find him at his IMMAGRATION "COMPANY" (Delamere Associates) that he set up when he rigged the rules.
Or mabey you could just find the $100,000 that gives you instant access to this place.

dammit you have started me again.........i need to go cool off somewhere.
Stew

[avgas]

stop the influx of foreigners i say!

lol

but we have to import good meat these days

[Mikkel]

Haha mate - welcome to the dark side of the moon.
No, NZ doesnt want skilled migrants. This was proven to me in the 3 year mission of mine to keep the G/F in the country.
Because she had an NZ B.Comm in Economics she basically had to apply for ONLY jobs that were to the same level of requirement. Yet our jandal wearing friends (or even her if she was lazy enough not to get educated) could stay here working in Mc'D's.
Consider yourself lucky if you get to go down the legal route, we ended up spending 10s or $$$$'s trying every conceivable path for her to stay.
Yet if i married her and not been respectful to the system that also would have worked also.

It was one of the "This country is FUCKED" situations for me. So far i have had 15 of these, im sick of it and i want out (started applying overseas last night).
Oh and if you dont like it - go complain to "Hon" Tuariki Delamere. You can find him at his IMMAGRATION "COMPANY" (Delamere Associates) that he set up when he rigged the rules.
Or mabey you could just find the $100,000 that gives you instant access to this place.

dammit you have started me again.........i need to go cool off somewhere.
Stew

Blimey, I can understand with YOU are pissed off!

Anyway, we'll try and play it by the book and see if we can the assessment done in time.

[hdus001]

I've done the residency thing in UK, Switzerland and Saudi. They all make NZ immigration look like guardian angels. Public servants the world over, its their toy box, their game and you are the one that wants to play, not them. Jump through their silly hoops, quack their quack, pay some fees and "Inshallah" you will eventually get your residency. Bitching, taking short cuts, or telling em how much they need you doesn't work, just get the boxes ticked. Right or wrong, that's the way things are and I'm sure you ain't the first or the last Danish immigrant looking for residency in NZ.

Absolutely. NZ is one of the least bureaucratic countries I've been to. And a lot more immigrant-friendly than many other countries. Methinks its just ur case-officer. Some are nice and reasonable. Some are not.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Good luck ya gonna need alot of patience and tolerance. Crikey you meet one of the basics for a NZer - you sure can drink alot of grog!! lol

[hellkat]

So I've not read this thread in its entirety, only the first page, and then jumped to the last.

I'm sure the immigration peeps will give me grief about whichever of me blokies I wanted to bring over (none are particularly skilled and definitely hardly very desirable types, except to me, LOL) ... but they are poms (does that help?)

[hellkat]

And marriage is Owwwwwwwwwtta da Question!

[Mikkel]

you sure can drink alot of grog!! lol

I resent that! It wasn't stale water diluted with rum... nor the other way around!