[wilson182]

Just thought I would let people know,


We were invited to an immigration seminar a few weeks ago,and the immigration officer who headed it (who incidently is English) indicated that the selection points will stay at 100 for a while yet. So basically in his words "if you go into the pool, you will be taken out" He also commented that this does not mean that they are down to selecting the poorest applicants, its means basically that they have a skills shortage and are keen to bring in more of the migrants that NZ actually needs.

They also mentioned the following: Christchurch Immigration are taking roughly 6 Months to process PR applications (depending on the time the applicant takes to supply them with the information they need).
:cheers

Debs

[Jo and Andy]

Will finish my EOI for next selection then.

Do you need to put in all family ie cousins, aunts and uncles, or just the ones you like.

[ant-in-cornwall]

I asked the NZIS the same question and they replied with the following

Family details/immediate family, ie partner, children, parents, siblings.

So I only included those I like!! :nice1

[markkellaway]

Jo,

I put in the relatives who we might at some point want to sponsor to come over, I don't think they go into this at all. I suppose if you later try to sponsor someone who is not on the form they might ask questions.

Mark. :P

[MB]

I'm interested. How do other forum folks interpret that officer's comment:

"....He also commented that this does not mean that they are down to selecting the poorest applicants, its means basically that they have a skills shortage and are keen to bring in more of the migrants that NZ actually needs."

I discussed it with my wife. Her take is that the officer means that NZIS see that they set the points bar far too high at the start, given the current labor needs, and so they are having to lower it to at or near 100 just to get folks with either a job offer or a degree and some experience (or equivalent). My initial take was that he was saying, in effect, "It's not a done deal that if you get plucked from the pool you'll definitely get in, c'os we'll still see if your points are in fields we need now or soon". Now I'm not so sure.

What was your take on it?

Cheers,
Matt.

[wilson182]

I think that setting the points so high in the begining was a deliberate decission, maybe to help settle them into the new system.

"It's not a done deal that if you get plucked from the pool you'll definitely get in, c'os we'll still see if your points are in fields we need now or soon". Now I'm not so sure.


I think you are partly right on this, Its not a done deal that just because you are selected you will get in, there are many factors that they will take into account. Your ability to settle is probably a major one. One example of this is the criteria for people with English as a second language. One of the factors that can enable them to pass this is to have employment in NZ, BUT, it has to be in an English speaking environment. They have had cases of, for example, Asian applicants who do have employment , but in places where only their native tongue is spoken. They, therefore, do not meet the requirement.

[Beach Kiwi]

Before the current skilled labour shortage, New Zealand was getting too many under-skilled and 'wrongly' skilled people, so our immigration criteria was changed to better target those that were going to be most 'help' to the country. Now that we are short of people in a lot of fields those criteria have been relaxed somewhat, or not enforced as firmly as in the past. This will most likely change when the workforce gets back on an even keel.