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Australia/New Zealand are pretty attractive, citizenship-wise. As an Australian, I get the 'reciprocal' treatment - i.e., we will treat you as you treat our ci

Australia/New Zealand are pretty attractive, citizenship-wise. As an Australian, I get the 'reciprocal' treatment - i.e., we will treat you as you treat our citizens, and since thats pretty good right now (Australia lets many European citizens in for a working-visa, two years on average), this means I can move around most of the western world without too much fuss. I cringe at the hassle my American friends have to go through whenever they travel through a densely-packaged country region such as Europe .. whereas we Australians seem to get treated pretty well.

mixmixmix 13y ago
"I cringe at the hassle my American friends have to go through whenever they travel through a densely-packaged country region such as Europe" As an American citizen who's been to over 60 countries and as someone who's currently traveling through Europe, I've been treated with nothing but warmth and welcoming attitude by immigration (and other) officials. Never had a single issue anywhere.
616c 13y ago
What are their requirements? I remember hearing about Wozniak but I never checked. I should do that soon.
- lancewiggs 13y ago
  NZ has a simple immigration points system.(1) We need people and it's awesome here, so come on over. It's even easier to travel on a NZ passport than the Australian one - we offend nobody. As a bonus we hang out in the top 3 places in the world for the World Bank's Doing Business survey and Transparency International's (least) corruption index. (1) https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/ https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/ http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workperm.htm http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workperm....
- ajtaylor 13y ago
  For Australia, the easiest path IMHO is a 457 visa => Permanent Residency after 2 years => citizenship after 1-2 years as a PR. They definitely are pretty generous. I'm working on the paperwork for my PR now.
  - jacques_chester 13y ago
    Like NZ, we have a points system. Young, highly qualified professionals can get in much easier.

mixmixmix 13y ago

"I cringe at the hassle my American friends have to go through whenever they travel through a densely-packaged country region such as Europe" As an American citizen who's been to over 60 countries and as someone who's currently traveling through Europe, I've been treated with nothing but warmth and welcoming attitude by immigration (and other) officials. Never had a single issue anywhere.

616c 13y ago

What are their requirements? I remember hearing about Wozniak but I never checked. I should do that soon.

lancewiggs 13y ago
NZ has a simple immigration points system.(1) We need people and it's awesome here, so come on over. It's even easier to travel on a NZ passport than the Australian one - we offend nobody. As a bonus we hang out in the top 3 places in the world for the World Bank's Doing Business survey and Transparency International's (least) corruption index. (1) https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/ https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/ http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workperm.htm http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workperm....
ajtaylor 13y ago
For Australia, the easiest path IMHO is a 457 visa => Permanent Residency after 2 years => citizenship after 1-2 years as a PR. They definitely are pretty generous. I'm working on the paperwork for my PR now.
- jacques_chester 13y ago
  Like NZ, we have a points system. Young, highly qualified professionals can get in much easier.