Golden oldies

[pamela]

Any information as to the best entry visa category for myself and husband 50+, on a semi retirement basis.

[SteveNetWriter]

Hi,
I'm sorry to not be very helpful on this.
I think the age limit is 56.
I don't think NZ have any retirement policy.
There are several possibilities:

1) If one of you has qualifications and work experience and can get a job, then you can get a work permit, then residency. Then retire 3 months later, after the residency has been finally approved.

2) If you have masses of money, you might be able to go in on investor/entrepeneur category. I haven't looked at this for a while I'm afraid. We are talking over 1 million NZ$ I think.

3) I assume you don't have family in NZ !

4) You can visit on holiday for 9 months in every 18. You could live there for 9 months and somewhere else the other 9 months. I know that's not much of a solution.

That's about all the possibilities I can think of.

You're not a famous actor are you ?!

I hope that helps a bit. I know it doesn't :cry:

Steve

Too true, Steve.

NZ doesn't seem to have any information on retirement at all. But people do retire there! So I'm not sure how they go about it at all... I think most people who get to retire to NZ are sponsored by family, and the rest probably have plenty of money to be able to sustain their living without drawing on NZ benefits.

You might want to approach the immigration minister direct for this kind of thing, as, if you're not going to be considered a 'burden', ie having a pension from NZ govt, then you may well be allowed anyway.

Failing that, do as Steve suggested, hurry up and apply now as a skilled migrant if you are 55 or under!!

[SteveNetWriter]

Hi
That's interesting. My brother and his wife considered retiring to New Zealand.
They (and I) concluded that they couldn't.

Would it make a difference if we were there ?

Steve

As long as you were the 'center of gravity' for the family, and had held residency for at least 3 years, then you can sponsor them.

Thats what i'm led to believe anyway.

[SteveNetWriter]

Blimey, that sounds like an NZIS expression !
I may have to kill off other members of the family to change the center of gravity a bit :shock: :lol:

I'm sorry, this is a new subject for me.
What about nieces ?
eg a married niece, who was HIGHLY qualified and in a sought after profession.
The niece would be the daughter of said brother & wife.
If she emigrated, would that swing it for them ?
Also, other daughter of said brother & wife isn't in this country.

What a confusing situation !

Steve

Depends how many children they have left in the country. I'm also a little in the dark about this as from what I can gather, under family sponsorship you can only sponser a lone parent (where their partner has either passed away or through divorce), where there are no children left in the home country, or the relationship with the remaining child(ren) in their country has broken down. I may be way out on this as its not a subject i've explored too much. On the NZIS website, there is a section under 'Family' about children sponsoring their parents, but, in true NZIS style, its pretty damn useless from what i've seen, but it may be worth digging a little deeper as I may well have skimmed over it a little quickly and missed something rather important.

[SteveNetWriter]

Thanks Taffy,
I think I'll save myself weeks of work and pass it on to them to look at.
That should keep them busy.
Cheers
Steve

PS Is there a problem with the login system ?
I often seem to login (both routes) and can see myself logged in, but it still says 'Login' at the top.
The second attempt always works as you'd expect.
Of course there aren't any new posts by then :cry:

I've noticed that with several phpBB sites, that the first login doesnt seem to do anything.

I've ticked the 'always sign me in' box, so dont have that trouble!

[SteveNetWriter]

OK I'll try that.
Login works OK on 'other similarly looking places'.
Thanks