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I assume manny immigrants work just long enough to get a NZ passport then use the freedom of movement granted to work in Australia? Then once they get an Austr
by klipt 3y ago
I assume manny immigrants work just long enough to get a NZ passport then use the freedom of movement granted to work in Australia?
Then once they get an Australian passport, they can use it to work in the US on an E-3 visa :-)
- 0xADEADBEE 3y agoYou don’t even need to do that. Once you have Residency (distinct from Permanent Residency and Citizenship - the one with the passport) you are allowed to start your own company which you can use to contract yourself out to Australian companies for annual amounts double those of a lot of NZ roles. (My last role paid 240-250K NZD depending on exchange rate; the local role prior to that: 120K NZD) Didn’t know about E3 visa route. Very interesting, thank you
- TMWNN 3y agoI've heard that South Africans who can't make it to Australia directly use NZ as the stopover until, as you said, they can use the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement to move to Australia. I wouldn't be surprised if their (and others') ultimate goal is the US. That's the case with Canada, where my understanding is that FAANG offices are staffed mostly with those who cannot (and often will never get) a US visa, plus the odd local who doesn't want to move to the US for personal or family reasons.