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 emailing us at .

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.

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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 »

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TAKEN FROM A SPEECH TO THE IMMIGRATION ADVISER'S SEMINAR BY DR JONATHAN COLEMAN, MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION Economic growth is crucial to New Zealand's future prosperity. Immigration can support economic growth by targeting those migrants who can add skills, innovation and capital to the economy. The facts speak for themselves - one in four workers in New Zealand is a migrant. Over the past five years 60% of New Zealand's workforce growth came from temporary and permanent migrants. And today, even as we continue to recover from the recession, we are facing ongoing skill shortages that will almost certainly need to be filled from overseas. The implementation of the new Immigration Act will help deliver the migrants we need which is a major focus in 2010/11 as we move towards a 28 November general commencement date, and is part of the Government's economic growth.

Auckland a global city - rated 3rd best in the world

The Super City's enviable ranking in this year's Mercer Quality of Living survey is surely a marketer's dream.Not only can Auckland host the Best World Rugby Cup ever but a reputable global firm ranks us with the finest cities in Europe for our physical, social and financial environment.

Move over Munich and Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Bern and Copenhagen: Auckland is the coming Zurich or Vienna, the only two cities rated higher by Mercer. Auckland's leaders rightly highlighted this week's release of the ranking. Mayor Len Brown tweeted "Fantastic news, Auckland ranks third in Mercer" and noted that his own Auckland Scorecard, which rates 19 factors for the City's live ability was consistent with this news. It is tempting living in Auckland to forget just how easy going life can be.

A temperate climate, not too hot and not too cold, a stunning environment of hills, volcanoes, Harbor's and Islands with quick access always to the sea, easy movement around the city - a few peak-hour chokepoints apart - general peace, quiet and freedom, a mixed and relatively harmonious multinational population and an expanding economy and great future.

This year's Mercer study included a personal safety category in which Auckland and Wellington were ninth equal, immediately after Singapore and behind a clutch of northern European cities. We hear and read much about crime and lawlessness but the risks appear to be minor compared with the main cities ranked London, Paris or American centers, which fall out of the top 50 altogether.

New Zealand building consents bounced back last month

... signaling a flurry of new construction intentions in Auckland's residential property market . The number of new dwellings approved, excluding apartments, rose a Seasonally adjusted 7.1 per cent to 1,123 in October and was up 11 per cent including volatile apartment issuance, Statistics New Zealand said in a statement. A 46 per cent increase in the number of permits to build in Auckland underpinned the national gain.

The rebound in commercial construction intentions seen in the latest business confidence survey indicates businesses are feeling confident enough about demand over the coming year to plan for an expansion of operations.

Jewish born Prime Minister John Key leads his National Party to a landslide victory

At New Zealand's General Election on November 26, John Key with over 50% of the total vote has the mandate to lead a new Government for the next 3 years.

The New Zealand dollar rose to its highest level since November 18

On perceptions the currencies are a relative safe haven as Europe grapples with its debt woes, the New Zealand dollar rose to 76.48 US cents overnight, sitting at 76.01 cents just before 8am, up from 75.49 cents at 5pm yesterday.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's is 2.5 percent, compared to near zero in the US.The kiwi is seen as safe haven flows as people look for places to park their money.

Satisfaction running high in NZ Statistics NZ – November 1st 2011- Hot of the press

In addition, the survey showed nearly all New Zealanders (96 percent) felt they could get support from others in a time of crisis; and more than 90 percent had seen friends and over 80 percent had seen family they didn't live with, at least once in the last four weeks.

However, life satisfaction and other results varied across different population groups within New Zealand.
"Younger and older New Zealanders were more likely than people in middle life to say they were satisfied with their lives. This may reflect the pressures of work and family responsibilities as people move through middle life," Mr Brown said.

.The overall results were similar to those reported after the first NZ General Social Survey, held in 2008. Over 8,000 New Zealanders participated in the 2010 survey, carried out from April 2010 to March 2011. See more results at www.stats.govt.nz/nzgss.

Government Policy Issuing Residency or Work Permit/Visa

Below applies the family's nominated principal applicant: SKILLED MIGRANT CATEGORY
70% of all immigration applications received is through the Skilled Migrant Category.

Government Policy:
New Zealand requires a skilled work force. The immigration procedures are designed to assess your qualification/skill level/experience - the vocation code with its requirements allows for work experience - trade certificates, diplomas etc - provided they are issued from recognised approved teaching institutions.

New Zealand does not require low or non skilled people.

All applicants require a Permit to work in New Zealand including those with an accepted letter approving them for the Residency process.

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.

The Economy In Recovery Mode

Economy Shows surprising muscle - Brian Fallow Economics Editor, NZ Herald
GDP growth twice as strong as forecasters picked despite the earthquake. The economy started the year with much more momentum than economists thought with gross domestic product figures released yesterday indicated.

Optimism surges as world wobbles
Business confidence has gone from strength to strength according to the National Bank's July survey.
51% now expect activities to increase -only 7% expect decline. Bank's chief economist said results tremendously encouraging. Separately it now being predicated that it's in a financially year that will see GP growth of around 4 %.
Dairy farmers feeling more confident about opening their cheque books is good news for the economy reports Goldman Sachs. There is a global surge in dairy and agriculture commodity prices which looks to continue.

Investor Changes to Immigration regulations

Those that qualify can secure Residency after 3 qualifying years. There are two groups of Investors:

• Investor 1 - Need to invest 10 million NZ Dollars - no English language requirement
• Investor 2 - Need to invest 1.5 million NZ Dollars.

Changes:

• Reduces the minimum of days (such as a business immigrant is required to spend in New Zealand each year for the qualifying 3 year period) - from 73 days to 44 days.
• Allow a wider range of "ACTIVE' investment.
• Allow funds to be transferred to New Zealand via foreign exchange companies rather than Solely trading banks
• Permit residential property development to be included as an acceptable investment (with Appropriate safe guards)
• The Investor required either to have as a precondition of residency, pre-existing involvement in a business with either 5 fulltime employees or at least an annual turnover Of $1 million NZ Dollars.

In the last 19 months business migration has attracted more than $562 million in potential investment. Contact the AJl for further details.

Politics - closing in on the General Election in November

We are rapidly closing in on the 26th November General Election date. On current polling National would be able to govern alone with a relatively comfortable seven-seat majority.

National 52.5% - Labor 32.9% Greens 6.2% - the rest of the minor parties from 0.2% - 2.4%.

On the latest Prime Ministers poll - Jewish born John Key was at a usually high 70% but could come back to the 50 plus. The next was the leader of the opposition at 8%.

At present there appears to be little interest in the election. Many see the result as foregone conclusion. What interest there is are people discussing the current proportional voting system called MMP and there appears to be a significant number of voters not happy with the current system.

New Zealand Second Most Peaceful Nation

New Zealand has been named the second most peaceful nation in the world. The 2011 Global Peace index has been released, including a list of the world's most peaceful countries. Iceland, New Zealand and Japan head the list. The survey results also reveal the world is less peaceful, for the third straight year. It also says the potential for terrorist acts has increased, despite a decade-long war on terrorism. The research reveals the cost of violence in 2010 to the global economy was more than $8.12 trillion.

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.

Very Important New Tourist Visa Regulations

Called the interim visa system, this visa is to assist overseas students, workers and visitors who wish to extend their stay in NZ and came into force on the 7th February.

Interim visa may be granted to maintain a person’s lawful status in NZ where the person holds a valid temporary visa (tourist visas are for 3 months), and has applied for a further temporary visa. Any interim visa will be valid for a maximum of six months. If the applicant receives an Interim visa and leaves the country, the visa will automatically expire.

Application for this special visa must be made at least two weeks before their current visa expires. This new visa will not be stamped in the passport.

It may be possible to seek and receive for this Visa extension the right to work. This decision is made by Immigration on receipt and with the application requesting to work, with the decision by Immigration to allow this on a case by case basis.

Welcome to Rabbi Altschul, Shosha and sons Isak and Yoel.

AJI Chair Stan Rose had an accepted invitation from the Congregation's President to meet Rabbi Altschul. This was prior to the Rabbi's appointment which is now confirmed.

Stan said the discussions were extremely positive. In many ways Stan's proactive attitude to life was shared with the Rabbi. It was a great meeting of minds and attitudes. Later when President Garth Cohen phoned Stan asking how it all went, Stan had no hesitation confirming that this was the Rabbi we have been looking for.

The Rabbi's Danish roots, in a country with a Jewish congregation not to dissimilar in size to Auckland's and with his last two years in Melbourne getting used to how we do things in the South Pacific was the perfect background to take up his new position.

Rabbi Altschul was well briefed about the AJI in Australia by the now Australian Chief Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence.

What wasn't mentioned at Stan's Rabbi's meeting was that at the first AJI committee back in August 2001, the then Auckland's Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence who actually proposed the name of Auckland Jewish Immigration (AJI), which was then formerly adopted.

Kadimah College 6 months on after Integration was granted

Robert Minahan, Headmaster of Kadimah college background was for many years working for the Ministry of Education.

With Integration (subsidized by the Government) since January this year Kadimah has the Department of Education essentially as a partner. After six months the supportive relationship has worked extremely well, with Robert's administrative background helping to smooth the way.

Annual school fees have now reduced from up to $12,000 to a modest annual $500 with Parents expected to give a further $500 donation to cover those costs that are not subsidized.

The huge reduction of fees as expected have achieved some startling new enrollment figures jumping 50% in six months and expected to achieve in a full year up to 70% increased enrollments.

A confident Headmaster at a recent interview with AJI Chairman Stan Rose, said that there would be available places available for all new migrant families in the 2012.

After 2012 if the enrollments continued to increase at the current level plans now being considered would require additional classrooms etc. The Government Education Authorities even at this early stage are amenable to providing any new growth facilities.

As the Integration approval was conditional that Kadimah maintained its high level of its specialized Jewish religion and culture it is pleasing to see the high number of new enrollments are of the Jewish faith.

With the rapid growth of the Central Business District's residential population, the Education Authorities are facing a new challenge of providing inner city schools to meet the demand. They see Kadimah as a blue print for the future and consequently there is a great deal of interest in the way Kadimah develops and any new initiatives implemented as a possible learning curve for further inner city state schools.

The most important Kadimah objective is however is to maintain its historical high standard of educational achievements. This is the School's prime objective.

The AJI will its end of year newsletter give a further report of one year after Integration. It should make most interesting reading.

The World Rugby Cup Tournament - WE ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS

Up to 100,000 visitors saw this Rugby mad country and city bulging at the seams as the final best 20 Rugby playing nations battled out for world Rugby supremacy.

The different nations were hosted and adopted by the main centers throughout New Zealand. The country was in an exuberant festival mood not just of Rugby as many towns involved themselves in the hosted country's culture.

All the experts were in agreement it was the best ever for this once every four year tournament.

The final game for the World trophy was a grim battle between two great Rugby nations with France and New Zealand's All Blacks in a titanic match, with New Zealand finally prevailing to become the World Rugby champions for the next four years.

The Wynyard Quarter is now officially opened

Aucklanders will get a taste of a $120 million waterfront development with the new bridge linking Viaduct Harbor to the Wynyard Quarter which opened in August.

The new bridge connection in the heart of the Central Business District will enable locals and visitors to connect with a new part of the Harbor edge, buy fresh fish from off the fishing boats, enjoy the new mainly fish restaurants and bars and get aboard the new circulating specially designed trams. Trams have not been seen in Auckland for generations.
The new state of the art Exhibition center, just as you arrive off the bridge is magnificently sited to catch the full view of the Harbour.

Architects have cleverly captured a feel of a fishing village set amongst palatial surroundings.

Development of Wynyard will go on for the next ten years as progressively it will cover the entire Isthmus with high class apartments and a park set with unbroken panoramic harbor views.

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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.

Commitments and responsibilities as a licensed adviser under the auspices of the Immigration Advisers Authority Complaints procedure - Any enquirer who wished to register a complaint has on request the right to a copy of the complaints procedures as required under the Advisers Authority. These complaints must be strictly connected with advice with regard to immigration procedures. The complainant will of course be free to refer the matter for consideration under section 9 of the code of conduct to The Registrar, Advisers Authority, PO Box 6222, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141, New Zealand. Email: info@iaa.govt.nz, Phone: +64 9 925 3838. Code of conduct As an appointed immigration adviser the AJI is bound by a detailed code of conduct document which commits the adviser to a moral code of ethics that they must strictly adhere to. The code of conduct can be viewed at www.iaa.govt.nz/code-conduct. If any enquirer feels that they would like to request any part of that code of conduct which may be of concern to them they can on request receive a copy of the relative section of the code of conduct documentation.

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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
	Immagine New Zealand Immigration Immigration services Email iain@immagine.co.nz Website: www.immigration.co.nz

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