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One downside - you have to be able-bodied. NZ will not allow people with disabilities the opportunity to relocate there.
by vermontdevil 10y ago
One downside - you have to be able-bodied. NZ will not allow people with disabilities the opportunity to relocate there.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoDo you have a citation for this?
- michaelkeenan 10y agoThere have been a couple of high-profile cases of this. A prestigious mathematician had lived in New Zealand for four years, but his autistic son was declined residency, so he and his family left: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/prestigious-academic-to-quit-new-zealand-after-autistic-son-refused-residency https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/prestigious-ac... A woman in a wheelchair was declined residency due to her paralysis, despite working and having family in New Zealand: http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11582384 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=...
- rconti 10y agoNew Zealand and Australia are well known for having point systems for migrants. They highly favor young, english-speaking, able-bodied, highly-educated people. https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/skilled-migrant-category-resident-visa https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-...
- philliphaydon 10y agoOr if you have money, you get all the points.
- elastic_church 10y agoawesome to know since thats one of my primary goals
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- brightsize 10y agoAble-bodied and young. "You’ll need to be 55 or under when you apply."[0] [0] https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/work/explore-work-visa-options https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/wo...
- simplehuman 10y agoI don't mean to be uncouth, but if you are 55 and not retired yet, you are going to have serious employment issues in software industry. Again, I am not prejudiced or anything. This is just a fact that I have accepted. Edit: are you downvoting my comment because you think this is bad practice (which I agree to) OR are you saying my view of the reality is wrong?
- technofiend 10y ago>I don't mean to be uncouth, but if you are 55 and not retired yet, you are going to have serious employment issues in software industry.... as defined by Silicon Valley. There are plenty of roles outside of SV for the gray hairs.
- simplehuman 10y agoNot just the valley but in any of the developing nations like India, China, Brazil either. Those populations have a constant stream of educated youth rolling in. It is very hard to compete with youth (not on knowledge but on the aspect of how much work hours you can dedicate at that point in life). But I am happy to hear there are places that respect > 55 year olds. Note that the population of > 55 in software is probably quite small now because this all started only in 1990s proper. So, we will see the real problem only 2020 or so.
- kabdib 10y ago55 here. Not a problem.
- coldcode 10y ago59, not either. I'd live in NZ for a year if I could, likely be very fun.
- coldcode 10y agoIs there some age range requirement?
- vermontdevil 10y agoThat too - comment above this mentioned 55.
- anigbrowl 10y agoBoo, that's pretty horrible. Lots of disabled people are able and willing to work around their disability.
- Houshalter 10y agoYeah but the government doesn't want to be responsible for covering their medical bills.
- anigbrowl 10y agoIf they're productive then that shouldn't be a problem. Discrimination based on disability is unethical.
- Houshalter 10y agoIt's quite possible many disabled people will have more medical costs than they pay in taxes. It's reasonable for them to at least be cautious letting them in. It's unethical to discriminate against your own citizens. They have zero obligation to provide entrance or any service to foreigners. No one has a natural right to enter New Zealand, especially if they aren't providing value to that country. That's one of the sad costs of public safety nets though. You need to control immigration to keep out people who would take advantage of it. Otherwise this wouldn't be an issue.
- sjg007 10y agoI mean if it is a disabled kid and they are supported by their parents who arrive on a high tech skilled worker visa then they should get residency.
- snegu 10y agoI imagine this is one of the downsides of having publicly-funded healthcare. While it sucks (I have a child with a disability so we would probably be denied residency), I can't say I blame them for not wanting to take on the financial burden.
- cpursley 10y agoYep, the reality about social safety nets is you have to have an adult in charge of the accounting for it to be sustainable.