Immigrating to Auckland, New Zealand?

The Auckland Jewish Immigration (AJI) is a volunteer immigration organisation working under the auspices of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation (AHC).

We offer full information on immigration procedures and free advice on:

• Business and jobs
• Accommodation
• Schooling

All these free services are available to you in one hit by contacting us.

The Auckland Jewish Immigration is the only officially sanctioned website representing the Auckland Hebrew Congregation. If you want to tap into the heart of New Zealand's biggest Jewish congregation click here.

Who are the Auckland Jewish Immigration?

The AJI is a voluntary organization and our services are free. One of its key objectives is to welcome, settle and help integrate newly arrived families not only into the congregation but also into the broader community irrespective of affiliation. The only condition is that you become a member of the basic associations that are fundamental and essential to our community's welfare.

One of the purposes of the AJI is to bolster the numbers of members to strengthen and enrich the future of the AHC (Auckland Hebrew Congregation). If you qualify and are prepared to join our congregation as a member of the AHC, we will do all we can to smooth the way for you to be able to immigrate.

The AHC has been established in Auckland for over 150 years. It is a warm, caring, closely knit congregation with a wide range of organizations and activities, and would welcome potential new members as part of its extended congregational family.

For more information and to see whether you qualify, please go to the Requirements web page.

Auckland - your city

A vibrant South Pacific city of 1,400,000 people, perched within glistening harbours, surrounded by lush forests and subtropical islands. Auckland, City of Sails, offers an incomparable lifestyle, unique within New Zealand and the world. More »

You can save up to $10,000 NZ dollars, and sometimes more, with our AJI free partnership immigration service

$10,000 fee is the going rate if you engage an Immigration consultant to process the work for you. With the AJI Partnership it’s free - no hidden costs – all you pay is fees to the Immigration Department.

Once the AJI has established your qualifications/work experience and other immigration related requirements, we will tell you if, under normal circumstances, you should go ahead with your applications to immigrate.

From then on, if you go ahead, we will guide you at your own speed step by step through the process. It is a partnership that should lead to a successful settlement outcome.

300 families have settled in New Zealand through the AJI partnership.

Assistance with Jewish Students to Auckland

Are you a Jewish student living outside New Zealand? Have you considered studying in Auckland, a vibrant South Pacific city of 1,400,000 people? More »

LATEST NEWS:

Online Visa Options Check - it's live!

June 2014

The new and improved online Visa Options Check is now live on the Immigration New Zealand website. This is the first "product" of IGMS (the Immigration Global Management System, or Immigration ONLINE).
https://visaoptions.immigration.govt.nz/Home/Landing.aspx

Visa Options Check
Check if you are eligible for a New Zealand visa. The results show the visas you may be eligible for, but you need to apply to Immigration New Zealand for approval. There is NO guarantee your application will be approved. Start by choosing from the options below:

Visit - Visit New Zealand for a short period.

• Tourist
• Visit family or friends
• Working holiday
• Business visitor

Study - Study in New Zealand.

• Learn English
• Attend a primary or secondary school
• Attend a university or polytechnic

Work - Work in New Zealand temporarily or permanently.

• Skilled work
• Working holiday
• Work after study
• Start or buy a business
• Join a partner

Live - Live in New Zealand permanently.

• Work in skilled employment
• Invest in New Zealand
• Start or buy a business
• Join a partner or family member

The new Visa Options Check is easier for users to navigate and will provide better information tailored to the specific circumstances on the range of visa options available.

Users start by choosing one of four simple options: Visit, Study, Work or Live. From there navigation is simple and straightforward.

NZ dream lures top Brits

Thousands of Britons have been lining up for a new life in New Zealand.

More than 2000 people, lured by the promise of higher-paid jobs attended the first of four migration and job exhibitions in Newcastle at the weekend - an event that will also head to London, Birmingham and Glasgow.
Sectors considered to have a shortage of skills, either long- or short-term, in New Zealand include education, construction, finance, agriculture, health services and engineering.

An Immigration NZ spokeswoman said the agency's role was to support employers by providing information for prospective skilled migrants, for example visa options and available settlement services.

British job seekers at the event said they wanted to escape the weather and they would make more money Down under for doing the same job.

Former Londoners Matt and Liza Penaflorida said their move to Auckland in January with daughter Rosabelle, 3, was a "no brainer".

They had found NZ salaries were higher and tax lower, although the cost of living was more expensive.

"In terms of the lifestyle compared to London, well there isn't a comparison, really.

Everything here is far less stressful in terms of living space and traffic and the sheer number and volume of people, but the cost of living is the downside to that.Job seekers to the two-day Newcastle show told local news site Tyne and Wear they were planning to move Down under for better work-life balance and the lifestyle.

One jobseeker said: "There are jobs over there doing the same thing for a lot more money. The top and bottom of it is to make a better life for myself."

Auckland International Convention Centre Approved - PM Signs 35-year SkyCity deal

May 14, 2013

Prime Minister John Key yesterday had overwhelming public support for a national convention centre deal despite the media reducing the huge benefits to New Zealand as a poker machine trade off deal.

The Government yesterday signed an initial agreement under which SkyCity will build and entirely fund a $402 million 3500-place international convention centre.

Nearly all major Convention Centres require being subsidised by tax payers but Auckland's Conventi0on Centre will not cost the NZ taxpayer a cent.

Mr Key believed he had the support of New Zealanders for the deal which will require changes to the Gambling Act. Sky City said it would commit $315 to build and fit out the convention centre.

Mayor Brown said it is anticipated that 40 conventions a year which would be a massive boost to the business sector particularly to retail, hospitality, tourism and hotels with benefits flowing through the entire economy.

The ball points :- 350,000 extra visitor days annually - $90 million annual economic injection - 800 permanent jobs -33,000 more conference delegate visits.

The SkyCity deal announcement helped boost the NZ Share market.

Biggest monthly net migration gain since January 2010

April 22, 2013

New Zealand rounded out its biggest monthly net gain of new migrants since January 2010 in March., most in more than three years, and the third month of net gains, according to Statistics New Zealand.

The UK remained the dominant pool for net positive migration with an annual gain of 6069.

Short-term visitor numbers rose to a seasonally adjusted 226,650 in March from 224,420 in February and up from 210,770 a year earlier.

The biggest monthly gains came from Australia, the UK and US.

Auckland economy growing, says latest research

April 11, 2013

p Auckland is predicted to have one million more people by 2040.

Auckland's economy grew by 2.8 per cent last year, ahead of its 10-year average and powered by finance, professional services and a booming real estate sector, says a report.

Geoff Cooper, Auckland Council chief economist, issued his third quarterly report today on the city's gross domestic product and said Auckland had performed well.

"This is a positive sign for advancing Auckland's economic growth potential through gains in productivity and the size of Auckland's labor force."

An extra one million people are projected to be in Auckland by 2040. Cooper said two-thirds would come from natural growth in the existing population and the rest from migration.

Aucklanders earned more than people living elsewhere but they also pay much higher house prices and rent.
Retail sales in Auckland are growing faster than elsewhere in New Zealand, up 3.3 per cent over the 2012 year, compared with a 2.6 per cent rise elsewhere.

Auckland's 10-year average growth is 2.5 per cent.

Confidence jumps for the year ahead - Auckland business confidence jumped 15%. Aucklandits highest net confidence (48%) since the surveys began in 2006.

Sustained business optimism and growth in economic activity should spur businesses to take on more staff in the longer term.

House prices continue to rise

9 April 2013

Nationwide residential house values rose further in March - up 3.3 per cent above the previous market peak of late 2007, according to the latest Quotable Value figures.

House prices have increased 1.3 per cent over the past three months and 6.5 per cent over the past year nationally.
"The number of properties on the market remains limited, particularly in Auckland," says Ingerson.

"This has constrained the number of sales at a time when buyers have generally shown more confidence and have been keen to purchase." Values across Auckland are still increasing - now up 11 per cent over the past year with the North Shore seeing the greatest increase at 11.6%.

IMF praises direction of NZ economy

April 7, 2013

Ms Lagarde, a former Finance Minister of France, was appointed to the IMF job in 2011 after the resignation of compatriot Dominique Strauss.

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde was full of praise last night for the direction in which the New Zealand economy was headed.

After meeting Prime Minister John Key on the fringes of the Bo'ao Forum for Asia, in China, she talked to New Zealand reporters about the general health of the economy in light of a recent assessment of fiscal and monetary policy.

"All I can tell you is the IMF is very supportive of what is being done by the Government in that respect.

"If you look at the numbers, if you look whether it is growth, whether it is employment, whether it is inflation, whether it is debt, overall it is very stable and it is also very promising.

"If you compare the potential growth rate of New Zealand and the forecasts we have which I will not disclose because they will be disclosed in a couple of weeks time, it's certainly a lot better than what we see in other parts of the world.
"An economy grew on the basis of its components - resources, manpower, capital, financial markets and policies and policies and the policies we believe are sound and solid."

Mr Key said his Government's message was that not everything in New Zealand was perfect "but", he said "her comments about New Zealand were 'great news.' "They are independently looking at New Zealand. They try and give an objective view and it matches it with what makes sense."

Construction boom at city campuses

April 4, 2013

Auckland's universities are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new buildings, transforming not only their campuses but the shape of the city they serve.

	An architect's impression of the new Science Centre to be built at Auckland University.

The unprecedented construction has provided some of the largest construction jobs in Auckland in recent years.
Today's students are benefiting from state-of-the-art facilities.

Auckland University warns however future enrolments of international students are the reason for the building boom.

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) last month opened its new $98 million Sir Paul Reeves building.

AUT, with around 19,000 equivalent fulltime students, has spent about $350 million on facilities over the past decade,
Up the road, Auckland University is in the midst of an estimated $1.2 billion campus renewal project, including starting work on a $200 million Science Centre on the corner of Symonds and Wellesley Sts.

And on the North Shore, Massey University is to sell land at its Albany Campus to fund new construction including a recently completed $100 million library and $20 million student centre.

Massey University is continuing to build for a growing roll at its Albany campus, which now serves an immediate community of 300,000.

AUT, the country's newest university, has continued a maturation process which has seen it replace rented facilities with its own new buildings in the central city, and create a new South Auckland campus at Manukau.

Auckland University, which has 32,000 equivalent fulltime students, is aiming to significantly grow only its international student numbers, at present around 5000.

Philanthropy, such as Owen Glenn donating $7 million to help build the Owen G Glenn Business School in 2008, has also helped.

Crime is at its lowest level in 24 years

April 3, 2013

Crime statistics for last year were released yesterday, revealing a 7.5 per cent drop in recorded offences on 2011. The figures are the lowest since electronic records began.

Police say their resolution rate is one of the best in the world and would rather prevent crime than work on improving the number of recorded offences solved.

A significant drop occurred in Auckland City (down 12.1 per cent).

Acting Commissioner Viv Rickard said this was a good result and that police were pleased.

"We've really put in place over the last couple of years our prevention strategy and that's really focusing our people on preventing crime, rather than just responding to crime and investigating crime."

"We believe that it's better to have fewer victims of crime than it is to let people commit crimes then be good at catching them afterwards. Our most important job is to prevent crime from occurring."

On crime rates in general, Prime Minister John Key said it was the lowest in 24 years, which he put down partly to increased visibility of police on patrol. He said foot patrols had increased by 70 per cent.

Does not compute - Where are the IT workers?

March 15, 2013

In the world of information and communications technology (ICT) there is a chronic shortage of ICT skills. is
With one website showing 1300 ICT vacancies in Auckland alone, pay rates of up to $1500 a day are being offered for some specialist roles.

It is a challenge to find suitably qualified, experienced and savvy people who also fit our culture.

Among them is Orion Health, which provides software for the medical industry. Although it is 20 years old, the Auckland company is also growing quickly, hiring more than 50 people since mid-November and needing another infusion of staff to handle new projects.

We all after the best we can get," says Orion Health chief executive Ian McCrae.

Both Xero and Orion are resorting to hiring overseas staff for jobs overseas.

The opportunities for IT workers were highlighted last month by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. According to the ministry's Occupation Outlook report, job prospects in ICT are among the best in the country, along with engineering and other professional roles.

Jobs in ICT were the most abundant of any category on the seek.co.nz job website in the middle of last month, the second-most numerous on nzherald.co.nz and the third biggest category on Trade Me's jobs site (www.trademe.co.nz) . More than 100 jobs were listed on Seek at pay rates of $200,000-plus and one 12-month contract for someone with SAP financial software experience was offering $850 to $1500 a day.

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New Zealand Immigration Advisers Licence

Stanley Ishia Rose Adviser no. 200901789

The Auckland Jewish Immigration chairman Stan Rose has been granted a licence to operate as a New Zealand Immigration Adviser (Adviser number 200901789). Whilst the Registration has to be issued to a specific person and not an organisation, never the less it consolidates the AJI as the premier Jewish Immigration organisation in New Zealand. Click here to view the certificate.

Migrants seeking immigration advice need to be aware that it is now illegal for anyone in New Zealand to provide this advice without a licence from the Immigration Advisers Authority, unless they are exempt from the licensing requirements. People who are exempt from licensing include Citizens Advice Bureaux staff and volunteers, Community Law Centre staff and volunteers, Members of Parliament and their staff, practising lawyers and Immigration New Zealand staff. Migrants seeking advice from licensed immigration advisers should look out for the special trademark (pictured), which only licensed advisers may display.

Finding Your First Job

An AJI 65 page booklet written by Stan Rose is now posted on to the internet. The booklet is in Manual reference form based on assisting an arriving immigrant endeavouring to secure their first job.

The booklet is exclusive to AJI assisted migrants who will require a password to access the site. This site is only available by application to aji@xtra.co.nz quoting the enquirer's personal AJI file number.

Electronic Newsletter

If you wish to receive the outstanding AJI quarterly newsletter and are not on our database to receive it, please CLICK HERE and supply your full name and email address. You can cancel at any time and your details will remain confidential.

The AJI is a unique exclusive Jewish Immigration Advisory organisation

You want to immigrate but how do you get started? There are two main considerations -

1. Engage a registered Immigration Consultant - Cost anything up to $12,000 nz
2. Negotiate the immigration process yourself

If it is to be item 2-then contact us how our free partnership Immigration and Settlement service works.
This step by step immigration service will be dependant for a successful outcome for you to carry out our advice through the Immigration process.

We will also be totally honest with you if you are unlikely to have your Immigration application accepted.

Stan admitted to the NZAMI

Stan Rose representing the AJI as of the 16 June became a full member of the all important NZAMI (New Zealand Association for Migrant and Investment). As with the Adviser application and appointment this membership requested
a waver of fees and/or subscriptions as a Not-For Profit organisation. What was particularly pleasing signed by Robert Liang Chair of the Membership committee and Director of the Board of NZAMI as a non Jewish organisation were his comments :

“We acknowledge your effort to help the community voluntarily while AJI being a non profit organisation.”

The NZAMI is a powerful and influential organisation in the world of New Zealand Immigration working continuously with the Government on all Immigration issues. It will also open the door to a great deal of relative updated information, seminars with lead speakers and an opportunity to meet many Professional Immigration Consultants on a personal footing.

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"I wanted to thank you again for your help when I first arrived and for all of the people you connected me with. After meeting more and more people in the community, I have started to get involved in the Auckland University Jewish Association and I am currently organizing a sporting day." Eyal K

We would like to thank the following companies for their continued support:
 

	Glaister Ennor This is a well established firm of Lawyers (predominately Partners from our Congregation) with specialists in all matters of law and investment. See our latest legal update on changes to commercial and property law in New Zealand. Website: www.glaisterennor.co.nz
	ANZ Bank Specialists in financial guidance for new immigrants. Contact the branch manager Cheryl Campbell, phone 09 252 2343 22 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, Auckland PO Box 25010, St Heliers, Auckland Website: www.anz.co.nz
	Goldman Legal Property, Business and Immigration Lawyers Elliot Goldman BA LLB, Lawyer Level 1, 1 Searle Lane, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand. Mobile: +64 27 515 7823 Skype: goldmanlegal Email: elliot@goldmanlegal.co.nz Web: www.goldmanlegal.co.nz

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