Leggy wrote:
ConanTroutman wrote:
Leggy wrote:
ConanTroutman wrote:
Global Game wrote:
Jerzy Merino wrote:
Wonder how many have stepped forward. My guess O.
If he wants to unearth more kiwis, his best option is surely Aussie; look at emigration numbers over the last 20 years. However Hudson will be lucky to find many ready for AW over next couple of years. With a longer term view - there must be thousands of kids with Kiwi heritage playing over there - and of course NZF will have no way of identifying them.
On the plus side, they'll never be eligible for Aussie citizenship so we don't have to worry about the Aussies taking them.
That is not necessarily the case.
I know. But as it stands, New Zealanders emigrating to Australia have no pathway to Australian residence, and consequently no pathway to citizenship. That might change in the future, of course. And you can always apply for residence under the regular immigration categories but the vast majority of kiwis in Aussie wouldn't be eligible for it.
Any New Zealander coming to Australia can become a resident. it is citizenship and the ability to get welfare that is hard.
Australian Immigration info about NZersPut simply, NZers entering Australia have more rights than other temporary visa holders, but less than residents:
"The SCV is a temporary visa, however, it does provide New Zealand citizens with more flexible travel arrangements than those that generally exist for Australian permanent residents. It allows a New Zealand citizen to remain indefinitely and live, work or study in Australia lawfully as long as that person remains a New Zealand citizen.
The SCV is not a permanent visa and visa holders do not have the same rights and benefits as Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents."