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 FREE advice on:
- immigration procedures
- business and jobs
- accommodation
- schooling
All these free services are available to you in one hit
by emailing us at
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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 is the Auckland
Jewish Immigration?
The purpose 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 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.
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 1,200,000 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
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LATEST NEWS:
Auckland Jewish Leaders
Honoured
June 2009
New Zealand has just enjoyed the June Queens Birthday long
weekend – a traditional time to honour outstanding New Zealand
citizens.
The spotlight was on the Jewish congregants with Gus Fisher
on the honours list. Before this another leading congregant,
Peter Gluckman was appointed as Chief Science Advisor to the
Prime Minister who is also of Jewish descent, and as we write,
congregant Lester Levy has been appointed Chairman of the
large Waitemata Health Board.
Add to this Israel has just reopened the Israeli Embassy
in Wellington (previously for a time administrated from Australia).
This highlights how influential and highly respected the
small Hebrew Congregation is so highly regarded by the wider
community and follows the historical trend of the congregation
providing seven Auckland Mayors and three Prime Ministers.
New Zealand has been
judged the most peaceful nation in the world
June 2009
An Australian think tank recognised our stable political
situation, relatively low rate of violence and decrease in
military spending.
The Institute for Economics and Peace list was created after
the start of the global recession, finding the financial meltdown
was dragging the world toward political instability and conflict...
Click
here to read the full NZ Herald article.
New immigrant success
story
For their Auckland suburb of Avondale, the family business
of Canaan Cheese supplies all the supermarkets throughout
the country. More »
NZ Government meets
global turmoil with new immigration incentive
14 December 2008
We find that many people that might otherwise be considering
applying for permanent residence in New Zealand that are put
off by the fact that they may have difficulty selling houses
and there may be other liquidity issues affecting some of
their assets.
This however has created a new opportunity
Right now the pass mark is at record low levels brought about
because of difficulties for some would-be migrants because
of the global economic conditions, in liquidating personal
assets.
This however makes it a great time to put your application
in because the pass mark currently is at a low 110 points.
The pass mark has been at this low level for the past three
fortnightly pool draws. The most significant implication of
such a low pass mark is that there are likely to be more people
selected that will not require any of the job and other normally
required bonus points.
This opens another option – that is you can delay your final
move to New Zealand for a period – (even up to 3-5 years)
but still by acting now and filing an Expression of Interest
(EOI) secure your selection at a much lower pass mark
In this way you can in a calm orderly way liquidate your
property or hold off till your local economy improves. When
time arrives, with your application approved, just book your
flights and come on over.
John Key - New Zealand’s
third Jewish–born Prime Minister
On Saturday November 8th 2008 the New Zealand electorate
overwhelmingly voted the new National government in with John
Key as its Prime Minister.
As opposition leader the new PM consistently supported the
Jewish communal activities so not surprisingly the Auckland
Congregation is ecstatic with the election outcome.
 Quickly
interviewed by the Israeli press after the election results
were known, the PM promised to return to the historically
close relations that New Zealand has had with Israel.
John’s parents met in England in the aftermath of World War
2 – Ruth Lazar, John’s mum fled to Britain in 1939 as a school
girl Jewish refugee from Nazi –occupied Austria. Ruth having
escaped the Holocaust had to begin a new life.
Married at a registry office in Portsmouth in 1948 the family
came to NZ in 1950 among the wave of $10 Pom immigrants.
John was born in 1961, and a there was very special life
time bond established between Ruth and her new born son. Ruth
was utterly devoted to John.
Unfortunately in 1969 the marriage broke up and within six
weeks John’s father passed away at the age of 55.
This was a most difficult time financially for the family
who moved South to Christchurch to a state house. Heavy in
debt Ruth worked around the clock as a as a Porter and cleaner
and taking in washing, but determined that the family would
be brought up in the best possible way.
From these difficult beginnings our new PM went on to become
a multi millionaire but returned to New Zealand, joined the
National party six years ago and today it’s Prime Minister.
New Auckland Hebrew
Congregation announcement
15th May 2008:
The AHC has announced this week that in its new ‘Membership
fee’ structure, any new migrant who joins the Shul within
3 months of arriving will receive 2 year's free membership.
Scholarships to Kadimah
College are now available for new immigrants
The Raye Freedman Trust and the Auckland Jewish Immigration
are pleased to announce the Raye Freedman Trust is offering
scholarships to Kadimah College to Jewish children of new migrant
families.
1. Both full and half scholarships are available for Jewish
children of new immigrants who wish to attend Kadimah College
(www.kadimah.co.nz).
2. The initial scholarships are for a 2 year period and cover
the cost of tuition. Stationary and uniforms are the responsibility
of the families.
3. There is no means testing (for the scholarships) and scholarships
are awarded at the sole discretion of the trust in consideration
of the recommendation of the AJI.
4. Only immigrant families with an arrival date in Auckland
will be considered for the scholarships.
5. All queries should be directed either to Stan
Rose AJI or Lara Sydall Principal Kadimah College laras@kadimah.school.nz
or 649-373-3072.
Kadimah College is the only Jewish School in Auckland. It
offers an outstanding private school academic education, which
is enriched by Jewish values. More
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Immigration Department
News Flash
Reacting to the ongoing critical skill shortages
Immigration changes have been made to the Skilled Migrant
category.
1 Increasing Residency Visas over the next 12
months.
2 Applicants who can claim bonus points for
work experience or qualifications in the area of absolute
skill shortage will receive priority processing irrespective
of qualifying points.
3 Pass mark for Residency processing down to
115 as of July 5 2006 and likely to stay down in the foreseeable
future.
Tax breaks for
migrants and returning Kiwis
New migrants and certain returning Kiwis will
be able to claim a 4 year exemption from tax on most types
of foreign income from 1 April 2006. More
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Working Holiday
Schemes
Working Holiday Schemes (WHS) currently allow
31,000 young people from 22 countries to spend 12 months in
New Zealand and undertake temporary work. The schemes contribute
to positive outcomes for New Zealand by strengthening international
linkages, providing a good source of skilled migrants and
contributing to our economy.
Recent changes include:
- increasing the overall number of working holidaymakers
allowed into New Zealand
- dividing an extra 10,000 places between the schemes for
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy,
Norway and the USA
- removing the cap (which means there will be no upper
limit on the amount of places) from the schemes for Germany,
the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom
- easing the work restrictions (no more than three months
with any one employer) from the schemes for Belgium, the
Netherlands, Sweden and the USA
- allowing working holidaymakers from the United Kingdom
to stay for up to 2 years (ie 23 months).
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