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Gavin Flower wrote:
On 27/12/12 07:54, Berend Tober wrote:
...regarding New
Zealand expatriate work visas and ... that it
was notably easier for foreigners under age 30 to get
permission to work. Can anyone with direct experience comment
on this government-sanctioned discrimination?

I think it might be that they want healthy workers who likely
will pay lots of tax before requiring to much medical treatment -
most people use the public health care system in New Zealand, so
it as assumed you will not be relying on private medical insurance.

That would be an obvious-enough inference to draw.

I guess I was hoping for more practical, direct insight, such as "Despite how skilled and a productive worker you might be, don't bother applying if you are anywhere near middle-age, or if you are likely to become middle-aged." There was this interesting 1976 movie called "Logan's Run" about a dystopian future that similarly devalued the experienced.

The current job posting by Brent Wood does not specifically mention age requirements/restrictions, and does not specify any particular amount of experience, but they do in fact require "experience". Knowing that the visa quota system is biased against age, one might reasonably conclude that no one with more than 5 to 10 years experience would be able to qualify because of the government restrictions.

It might have been polite of the advertising organization to make that clear, as did the guy that posted the flyer at the technical conference.

I wonder, if an applicant were within the government-approved age range, but then worked long enough so as to exceed the limits, would their work visa suddenly be withdrawn, having contributed to the tax base and maybe established a family there, then be forced to vacate the premise simply because they aged out?





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