The Hotel industry of New Zealand is facing huge loss as many restaurant owners are experiencing shortage of well qualified and experienced chefs in New Zealand. And it is difficult to employ the foreign chefs because they don’t get the skilled work permit so easily. Some restaurant owners have even complained that their business is going into losses as the staffs have to leave the country even, when it is difficult to find the new employees.
The immigration officials are now looking forward to review the immigration policies for chefs who apply for work permit in New Zealand. This problem has been a cause for hotel industry for last one year but immigration officials never bothered to pay any attention to their complaints. As they always believed that there are enough of chefs available in New Zealand who can fulfill the demands of experienced chefs in the industry. The problem is worse in Wellington than anywhere else because Wellington is on its way towards establishing its name as food and culinary destination.
In one of the meeting with Immigration New Zealand, they claimed to have at least 28 unemployed experienced chefs for Wellington but later on, only two chefs applied for the job leaving the hospitality people in frustration.
The Ministry of Labor is the government body of New Zealand (which also includes immigration) checks the status of New Zealander to fulfill the demands of growing job vacancies through the data revealed by Ministry of Social Developmet (MSD). These two government bodies communicate with each other to make sure that there are enough New Zealanders for job vacancies. There has been miss communication between the two bodies which led to confusion as many people applied for the job of chefs but they lacked the requisite experience.
The immigration is considering the new policy for the chefs in New Zealand because of genuine shortage of chefs but the preference will be given to New Zealanders only in genuine and extreme case, work permit would be granted to foreigners.
The net immigration in the country of Kiwis plummeted to an eighteen-month low in May, which has led the people think if the country is less preferred destination for immigration to live in! Over the last month, a total of 250 permanent and long-term migrants entered the country, says the Statistics New Zealand. The figure marked the lowest arrivals since November 2008.
Similarly, the country’s yearly immigration also declined immensely. Reason behind the decline is fewer people arriving from the UK and Europe, which usually happen to be the major sources of migrants for New Zealand. The number of people leaving New Zealand for Australia had grown to 1,693 last month, from 1,241 in the same month of 2009.
Besides, the number of tourists to New Zealand also went down 0.4 percent to 141,300 in May, as compared to the same month of 2009. Along, visitors from Australia, New Zealand’s major source of tourists, dropped 5 percent, while the number of visitors from the UK went down 15 percent. Visitors from China, Japan and South Korea surged 45 percent, thanks to the HINI flu pandemic that occurred last year, which had wrecked the travel demand world, said country’s government statistics officials.
However, it is also observed that while migrants are no more preferring Australia as one their favorite destinations, owning to many reasons, including racial discrimination, New Zealand, being Australia neighboring country is gaining the former’s prospective migrants of late. If you are considering immigrating to the Kiwi land, you can seek the professional help of an Immigration and Visa consultant!
Today the world is moving towards spirituality and every country knows the importance of religious preachers as they help to maintain peace in the lives of people in country. In an age of violence, everyone is trying to maintain peace and harmony through religion, spirituality and dialogue. Everyone is trying to avoid third world war as another war means causing destruction to the entire world. So, the need of religious workers has grown considerably since last few years.
There is some good news for religious educators who are planning to settle in New Zealand. The government of New Zealand is on its way to review some laws of immigration in favor of people who are working in the field of religion and spirituality. The new policies are taken especially for those who are willing to stay longer and get settled there . With growing cultural and religious diversity in New Zealand, the need of people working for religion and spirituality has truly arisen. The decision to modify the immigration policies for preachers and religious educators has been taken to meet the growing demands of them.
Jonathan Coleman, the New Zealand’s immigration Minister has been receiving many requests from local religious groups and communities to allow their religious leader to stay long or provide them with permanent residency status. He feels that with time New Zealand is growing in religion, so the constant availability of these preacher and church clerks are very important. The immigration of these workers in New Zealand is quite less in number and around ten people are given the permanent residency status every year. Only few religious leaders are granted permanent residency, otherwise the rest are living on temporary visa only. But now they are trying to change the situation by incorporating new laws and relaxations in the visa process for them.
As the education is truly going global, many foreign countries are relaxing their immigration laws for students, so that they can easily pursue their higher studies in their respective countries. College of foreign universities collaborates with colleges and schools of host countries to take the bright students for their own institute. This way they shoot two birds with an arrow as on one hand they get better business and on the other, the intelligent students who proves to be an asset for their college prestige in the long run. Students from developing countries like India and China dream of overseas education and go all out of their way to leave no stone unturned to make it big in foreign universities. Foreign universities are always on look out for students with such potential and caliber.
New Zealand in today’s world is amongst those countries which are eagerly looking forward to admit the students from India. New Zealand immigration has made easy for the students to get their visas by eliminating few unnecessary and unimportant formalities or paper work making the entire process of visa application fast. But along with these relaxations, the New Zealand officials are also making sure that the evidences and proofs of the applicants are scrutinized and evaluated properly to avoid any error or carelessness in the visa process.
As a result, the number of students applying for courses in New Zealand has increased up to 9000 students from only 400 students since last ten years. This step from New Zealand has really proved to be a wise and intelligent decision as it has shown tremendous results. The applicants whose documents are proper and fulfill the necessary eligibility criteria for the New Zealand visa can expect their visa process to be smooth and fast.
For further information and professional help, you can contact and hire the Immigration and Visa Consultant. You can receive a professional guidance on your various queries and timely help throughout your visa application process.
Okay, here we start. The first thing to commence is do your homework in advance before choosing New Zealand as your prospective Immigration destination. Check out the current employment rate of the country, along with the knowing as to which occupation tops the list in demand when it comes to working in Canada. Just like other countries, New Zealand also allows applicants to work on a temporary basis or a permanent basis, depending upon their qualifications.
Start with two basic questions in your mind:
Should I go for an Immigration Consultant?
Should I do this of my own?
Never do the fault of going for this tedious process alone. You never know when one single mistake can ruin your form and hence your chances of immigrating to New Zealand. The Immigration expert not only facilitates your application process but would provide you with the right advice along with offering right knowledge on New Zealand as a prospective country to immigrate.
He would provide you with advice as to which option would be right for you. Is it Visitor Visa, Working Holiday Visa, Visas for Seasonal work in various professions, Student Visa, Work Permit, and Residence – Skilled Migrant Category or some other permit? Depending upon your qualification and period to stay in the country, right advice would be provided to you. In addition, if the applicant himself is eager to opt for any particular visa, say Student Visa, the immigration consultant would conduct a prior assessment to see whether you qualify for the same or not.
One advice: If you do not have a job offer, take any kind of job in the beginning. At least that would help you in settling your base and brush up your skills as well. You will gradually settle down in the land of Kiwis.
Incase, you are one of those who intend to study in New Zealand, you must first ensure that you are eligible for the student visa offered by the nation. These eligibility criteria cater to the requirements meant for Immigration purposes for the students who were born and brought up overseas. With this, the courses offered by the particular university of your choice should also meet the requirements for New Zealand immigration.
If you want a student visa or permit, there must be an offer of place from the education provider of New Zealand. Following conditions must be fulfilled in the off
The offer letter must mention the information regarding the name of the course and also the minimum time required to complete the course.
You must have the proof from the university that the course as well as the University meets those requirements meant for overseas students in New Zealand.
You must prove to the authorities that you have all the necessary finances which would cater to the fees for the course opted. This also includes even if the timelines for the course undertaken is more than a year.
The letter of offer must clearly mention that you have to pay course fees and also if you are paying the fees are New Zealand dollars or in other foreign currency.
Your offer letter must also mention whether you are opting for a full-time or a part-time course.
An approval is a must from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) regarding the course which you are planning to study. A due permit for the same is required.
Above all, it is of key importance that the documentation has been provided appropriately. This is because even a small mistake might lead to the rejection of the visa. It is but obvious that you would not want to lose out on such an opportunity due to a minor error. Thus, it is advised to seek professional help when it comes to such important matters like career and future aspirations.
According to a recent survey, over ninety percent of migrants in New Zealand lead a happy and satisfied life and they made the country their home after living there for eighteen months only. The Longitudinal Immigration Survey also found that overall new migrants to New Zealand adapt well and are very prompt in contributing to the country’s economy.
The Immigration New Zealand’s research was accompanied by a Department of Labor study of migrants who immigrate to New Zealand under the skilled migrant visa category. Thus, the results of the survey highlighted the contribution made by skilled migrants to the New Zealand economy. Reportedly, at the time of study ninety-two percent of skilled migrants were employed in the Kiwi land.
The country’s immigration minister appreciates the skilled migrants’ contribution to its economy. He thinks that adjusting and settling well is an important aspect of immigration on the part of migrants. According to him, overseas migrants play an important role in New Zealand economy and they contribute $1.6 billion per year to it.
The immigration minister is happy that New Zealand is attracting more skilled migrants. The new trend is positive and the best part is that migrants are productive and play a vital role in uplifting the economy!
The survey was started in the year 2005 and is likely to be completed towards the end of this year. The study interviewed 6000 new migrants who have obtained permanent residence in New Zealand.
According to an Auckland University doctoral student’s study, large percentage of Chinese people is migrating to New Zealand, however, they do not intend to stay permanently in the country. Reportedly, ever since the introduction of the Immigration Act 1987, China is New Zealand’s second largest migrant source, next to Britain. In fact, last year the number of Chinese migrants surpassed the number from Britain, with migrants aged 20 and more.
The study says that many of these immigrants will leave the country, some will return back to China and others will choose another country to stay further, despite obtaining the New Zealand citizenship. For the study a total of 47 immigrants from China were interviewed, and the study found that out of the total 27 individuals returned to their native country; 10 moved to Australia and remaining stayed in New Zealand.
Many Chinese immigrants prefer countries like Australia, America and Canada over New Zealand. But, they believe getting New Zealand citizenship makes it easier for them to enter another Western country like Australia. Besides, there is another fact that with educational qualifications from New Zealand institutions, students are more exposed to better employment opportunities.
Immigrants also leave New Zealand and enter more prosperous countries like Australia for the latter offers far better opportunities as compared to the former. Many do not intend to stay in the Kiwi land because they do not feel welcomed. Someone was also caught commenting New Zealand being intolerant towards foreigners!
It has become official that from now onwards, immigrations advisors in New Zealand need to have a license, an aspect which would further secure the prospective applicants from facing any frauds in their application procedures. The news has been confirmed by Registrar of Immigration Advisers Barry Smedts.
He went on to confirm that from now onwards, consultants advising about aspects related to New Zealand immigration are required to have license until and unless they are provide some exempt, and the rule is applicable for all the advisors who are into business of providing consultancy related to NZ immigration.
Smedts confirmed that the advisers are asked to go through an assessment method and ensure that they satisfied every aspect of the procedure to qualify for the same. The applicants would be judged on seven basic facets which would determine their standards that are expected from them.
These facets include qualifications, knowledge of this license aspect, in addition to knowing the regulations of Immigration, capacity to file applications, proficiency in the English language, knowing business practices as well as capacity to maintain activities linked with professional development.
Another reason to introduce this legislation is to ensure that prospective immigrants gain ample confidence in the standard of consultancy that they get from the immigration experts. People who will fail to meet the standards will be having no connections with the business which relate to providing Immigration related advice to NZ. If they fail to meet the requirements, they don’t relate to this industry, he added.
Recently, the New Zealand government has rolled out two new retirement visas. Here is a little detail of the visas:
Parent Retirement Visa: This visa category enables the New Zealand Immigration to prioritize high net worth people, who are already contemplating to migrate to the country under the Family Category. As per the this category, the visa holders must invest at least an amount of $1 million after migrating to New Zealand over four years.
Temporary Retirement Visa: This visa category is for those retired people who intend to spend some time in New Zealand. However, this too requires them to meet the condition that they invest there, as well as repay the government for the health and welfare costs. A temporary retiree will be required to invest $750,000 over two years. Retirees under this category can be able to renew their permits up to the time when they could meet different criteria, including the investment funds and health insurance.
According to the spokesperson for Labor’s Immigration, Pete Hodgson, the idea of a retirement visa plan was in fact considered a decade ago, but dismissed considering the scheme would not work and fearing high costs involved in it. But, the country’s current Immigration Minister had decided to give the scheme a green signal.
Now, if some people out there are contemplating a plan to immigrate to New Zealand after retirement, here are two more options! However, these visa categories are meant for rich retirees, and this is what for which the plan already drawing criticism from all around! Let’s see New Zealand immigration’s new retirement visa plan brings what changes to the country’s immigration scenario.
