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02 MAY 1990
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INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG INDENEW ZEÂAANDİNCHOR Taken
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1. WE HAVE LEARNED RECENTLY FROM THE COMMISSION HERE ABOUT A DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY UNDER NEW ZEALAND'S EXISTING IMMIGRATION RULES.
2. FOR A NON-BUSINESS IMMIGRANT AN INITIAL VISA IS GRANTED WHICH IS VALID FOR FOUR YEARS. IN THAT TIME ANY RECIPIENT CAN SPEND AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE TIME AS HE OR SHE WISHES TO IN NEW ZEALAND. AT THE END OF FOUR YEARS, THE NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ASSESS WHETHER THE RECIPIENT HAS SHOWN A SERIOUS INTENTION OF SETTLING IN NEW ZEALAND. IF HE OR SHE HAS, A PERMANENT IMMIGRANT VISA IS GRANTED WHICH LEADS, IN A FURTHER THREE YEARS, TO CITIZENSHIP. IF NO SERIOUS INTENTION TO SETTLE HAS BEEN SHOWN, THE RECIPIENT WITH AN INITIAL IMMIGRANT VISA IS GIVEN ONE FURTHER YEAR IN WHICH TO SHOW SUCH AN INTENTION. WHAT THIS MEANS IN PRACTICE IS THAT A RECIPIENT OF AN INITIAL IMMIGRANT VISA CAN SPEND MORE OR LESS ALL OF THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND, BUT THEN HAS TO LIVE MORE OR LESS PERMANENTLY THERE FOR A YEAR IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A PERMANENT IMMIGRANT VISA. CITIZENSHIP FOLLOWS THREE YEARS THEREAFTER MORE OR LESS AUTOMATICALLY. THE HOLDER OF A PERMANENT IMMIGRANT VISA HAS NO SPECIAL FURTHER REQUIREMENTS PLACED ON HIM OR HER.
3. THE BUSINESS MIGRANT CAN OBTAIN AN IMMIGRANT VISA WITH WHICH HE IS REQUIRED TO GO TO WORK FOR A NEW ZEALAND COMPANY IN NEW ZEALAND
FOR A MINIMUM OF 6 MONTHS. THEREAFTER HE OR SHE CAN RETURN TO HONG KONG AND, PROVIDED HE OR SHE CONTINUES TO WORK FOR A NEW ZEALAND COMPANY HERE, TIME SPENT IN HONG KONG IS COUNTED AS TIME TOWARDS CITIZENSHIP, WHICH IN THIS CASE APPARENTLY TAKES BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE YEARS.
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