Letters from the Southern Man
Migrating is more than just filling in forms and submitting paperwork, its a complex process that will test even the most resilient of people.
Understanding New Zealand is paramount to your immigration survival and to give you a realistic view of the country, its people and how we see the world, read our weekly Southern Man blogs. Often humorous, sometimes challenging, but always food for thought.
<< View older Southern Man postsThe Government giveth and the Government taketh away
I wrote a few weeks ago about the leaked cabinet paper that indicated a big shakeup was under way under the Parent and Sibling (Reunification) categories. If you read that Letter I indicated that it was going to become far more difficult for some parents to join their children here in NZ on a permanent basis.
The Difference between Singapore, Fiji and New Zealand
A few of you have emailed me asking what happened to last week’s post.
Well I confess after two weeks of non-stop talking in Singapore and Malaysia and very little sleep I snuck off to Fiji for a few days of R and R with my family and also to celebrate my brother’s 50th birthday.
Four Golden Rules Sorely Tested
Last week I wrote of the little drama over claims coming from the Christchurch Branch Work Visa Manager that he and his colleagues were going to ‘get tough on those entering New Zealand as visitors and subsequently applying for Work Visas’...
The Price of Inconsistent Decision Making
I was mildly irritated recently to read the latest glossy release from the Immigration Department a couple of weeks back called ‘Vision2015’. Sent out to all and sundry (I guess in the parlance, ‘stakeholders’) it was pages and pages of, well, as far as I could tell, nothing but a commitment to make consistent decisions.
Otago Rail Trail
This time last week I was in Central Otago, one of my favourite places on the planet let alone New Zealand. A group of six of us were off to ride the Otago Rail Trail. Formerly the railway line linking Dunedin to the Otago gold fields the railway was shut down in 1992...
