including age or the likelihood they might rely on public benefits.
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”
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As long as they are fit and have advanced education in STEM area of expertise.
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I remember looking into New Zealand a number of years ago.
Your first consideration though if you are planning on moving to NZ permanently, should be your eligibility to apply for residency. The age cut off age for residency in New Zealand is 55 and under, therefore, if you are 56 or older you will not be able to apply for residency…
A small segue here, but it’s extremely important to note that the New Zealand government have made change to their Superannuation (pension/retirement) scheme. Previously you needed to have lived in NZ for 10 years, with 5 of those years being post-50, to be eligible for Super. From 2024 this is being scaled to 20 years over a period, you can read more on it here. So, if you are 53 now for instance, you will only be eligible to claim Super in 16 years, which will make you 69. If for whatever reason you are not able to work past the retirement age of 65, will you be able to support yourself for 4 years until your Super kicks in?
DB2
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Well, there goes Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, who came here as a 5-yr old kid from Moscow.
There are likely thousands of others like him that came here poor, sick, and with no skills or education but then did something outstanding.
Hawkwin
Who will remind readers that Musk is an immigrant from Africa who came here for college - good thing he was not obese!
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I said exactly the same to the husband when we first arrived with our Green Cards 40 years ago.…..and clutching our chest radiographs to prove just that.
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