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오늘 뉴질랜드 아던 총리의 발표내용인데..아래와 같이 다섯가지 정도의 주요내용이 포함되어 있습니다.

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1. 간호사, 조산사를 그린리스트에 포함시켜서 Fast track으로 뉴질랜드 영주권을 부여하겠다는 내용 입니다.

2. Immigration Rebalance 변화내용으로 버스및 트럭운전사를 위한 임시영주권도 계획중입니다.

3. 교사 및 자동차 정비사, Drain Layer들은 Work to Residence로 추가포함 시킬 예정입니다.

4. 내년 3월부터는 10개의 직업군이 아래 그린리스트에 포함 됩니다.

- Gas fitting, drain layers, crane operators, civil machine operators, telecommunications technicians and civil construction supervisor

5. 코로나로 인해서 사라진 1년짜리 잡서치 비자를 재개할 계획 입니다.

Government changes immigration rules for nurses, teachers and bus drivers

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fter months of pressure, the Government has moved nurses and midwives onto the immigration green list, meaning they can get immediate residency in New Zealand.

When former immigration minister Kris Faafoi and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the ‘Immigration Rebalance’ back in May, they were criticised for enacting “sexist” immigration rules.

While doctors were eligible for the straight-to-residency pathway, nurses and midwives were not. Staff shortages stretched across the health professions, with Health Minister Andrew Little saying the country needed “hundreds” of mental health nurses alone

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During the final post-Cabinet news conference of the year, Ardern and Immigration Minister Michael Wood announced a major shake up to their “Immigration Rebalance”.

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Not only would the straight-to-residency pathway open up to accept more health professionals, but there would also be a temporary residence pathway for bus and truck drivers.

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All teachers would be added to the work to residence pathway, along with tradespeople such as drain layers and motor mechanics.

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“Ultimately, we’ve heard the ask. The ask was to make the message simpler,” Ardern said.

“Our message to nurses everywhere is that we are the best place to work and play.”

National Party immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford said Monday’s announcement was a much-needed “back down” from the Government.

“Not a single health organisation supported the Government’s policy which put New Zealand at a huge disadvantage compared with countries like Australia that offer migrant nurses residence immediately,” she said.

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From March, 10 professions would be added to the green list. They included gas fitting, drain layers, crane operators, civil machine operators, telecommunications technicians and civil construction supervisors. Halal slaughterers would also join the green list next year.

Midwives, nurses and any doctor not already on the green list would officially join the straight-to-residency pathway from this Thursday.

But ACT health spokesperson Brooke van Velden​ asked why paramedics and pharmacists weren’t on the green list, when there was also demand for those health workers.

Wood also announced that people who, through the pandemic, lost their ability to work in New Zealand after completing a tertiary qualification would be able to re-apply for a year-long post study work visa.

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Green Party immigration spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March​ said the decision to allow those graduates to work would be a “life-changing decision”

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“Many students went into debt and hardship, because they had invested a lot into being able to migrate to Aotearoa only for the pandemic to get in the way,” he said.

March​ also supported the focus on bus drivers and other important, but not necessarily highly paid, professions.

“The Government backed itself into a corner by conflating high skills with high salaries,” he said.

“The pathway to residency required you to earn a lot of money to settle in New Zealand, but that missed out people who are deeply essential but not paid enough.”

On Monday, Stats NZ reported a net migration loss of 4100 in the year ended October.

For the year ended October 2022, 15,100 New Zealand citizens left and 11,000 non-New Zealand citizens arrived.

Immigration pressures have often been raised with the Government, as various sectors struggle to find staff amid very low unemployment across the country.