Thanks for sharing. NZ is probably one of the most attractive residencies, particularly from a derisking perspective. I’d love to secure residence there, but it seems to in most cases require living and working there (or millions of spare dollars).
FWIW, it did seem to me that entering Australia with a job offer and work visa was feasible when I looked into it ~5 months ago. NZ indeed was more locked down.
I haven’t investigated to what extent permanent residency vs. citizenship vs. tourism subjects you to the local laws, but I expect when in-country there is typically little difference. Outside the country, my guess is you’re only subject to the laws where you are, and where you’re a citizen of, but I could be wrong. The marital property instance is an interesting one, since it’s a bit less obvious that would apply to non-citizens.
As far as know, you are correct. You need to live or work here. The millions of spare dollars option has become politically more difficult after Thiel got citizenship. I would also say that mostly law applies in-country but various tax, finance provisions etc apply to permanent residents even if not resident. Similar provision apply in UK so I suspect these are pretty common.
It is possible for employers here to make a case to bring in essential workers from overseas, but the bar is very high. While the isolation facilities are being besieged by citizens trying to return, I doubt there will be any change.
Thanks for sharing. NZ is probably one of the most attractive residencies, particularly from a derisking perspective. I’d love to secure residence there, but it seems to in most cases require living and working there (or millions of spare dollars).
FWIW, it did seem to me that entering Australia with a job offer and work visa was feasible when I looked into it ~5 months ago. NZ indeed was more locked down.
I haven’t investigated to what extent permanent residency vs. citizenship vs. tourism subjects you to the local laws, but I expect when in-country there is typically little difference. Outside the country, my guess is you’re only subject to the laws where you are, and where you’re a citizen of, but I could be wrong. The marital property instance is an interesting one, since it’s a bit less obvious that would apply to non-citizens.
As far as know, you are correct. You need to live or work here. The millions of spare dollars option has become politically more difficult after Thiel got citizenship. I would also say that mostly law applies in-country but various tax, finance provisions etc apply to permanent residents even if not resident. Similar provision apply in UK so I suspect these are pretty common.
It is possible for employers here to make a case to bring in essential workers from overseas, but the bar is very high. While the isolation facilities are being besieged by citizens trying to return, I doubt there will be any change.