NewZealand FIRST Foreigners Second. NewZealand tightens WORK PERMIT VISA.

After the neighboring country Australia and the USA, it is now New Zealand who has tighten the rules for immigrants applying on a work permit visas.

The immigration minister of New Zealand Michael Wood house mentioned that this changes are done to strike the right balance and to encourage employers to take more on Kiwis and invest in the training to upskill them.

Introducing a minimum income requirement makes it more difficult for the dependents of the visa holders to join them. There has also been a change in the time allowed for a seasonal worker to work in New Zealand.

Immigration rules and the constant upcoming changes has become one of the hot topics over a couple of months. However the recent changes has helped the economy of New Zealand to strengthen the strongest gross domestic product growth in the world.

A lot of sectors like technology, construction and other face a severe shortage of workers and the companies falling in these areas were hiring workers from abroad as because of the recent changes employers would have to provide a minimum income of NZ$ 49,000 for an immigrant entering on a skilled visa. An immigrant earning more than NZ$73,000 would be classified under highly skilled immigrant category.

Australian 457 visa was abolishes recently and it would be replaced by two new types of visas which would be valid for two years and four years for better immigration and job opportunities.

However, the new visa categories would have fewest occupations, leaving an opportunities to only those individuals who would highly qualify under this program.

According to Mr.Andrews the changes are done to ensure to make immigration favoring the Australian national interest.