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Hi there,
I want to share some info about NZ immigration which is not so fair as it seems at the first glance.
My story:
Born in Croatia 1977. In year 2001 I had BSc degree in Agriculture and decided to immigrate to NZ.
I have found a job in Agriculture (Research and Developing, and later on Science) to gain work experience and also went for Masters degree.
As you can see I invested lots of years of my life, dedication, sacrifice and money in whole life project all according to NZ immi web pages and point system which was my guideline.
Last year I was 38 years old, had Masters, 8+ years of experience in designated field, pass IELTS 7 and go for "preassessment" for "Skill Select" program of NZ immi.
It costs half of median Croatian monthly wage, and guess how it is painfull for someone unemployed and with 3 kids to invest in that and to receive results where my Masters level is not recognized. So instead of preassessed by me, according to points indicatior, and getting what I calculated, 145 (of needed 140 points for direct immigration), I got 135.
There was no any indication in any words in NZ.immi.gov web pages that says that whole process is risky by possibility of not getting points for what you really have.
So it is not just waste of half of Croatian monthly wage, it seems that 15 years of investing in my immigration project is lost and not by my fault.
After all, I noticed that I am not only case, that it is the rule, and that such "scam" (this is right word) is common.
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To verify that NZ immi politics is not righteous, I wrote to all NZ universities to ask if I could continue with my PhD , based on my Masters. The point is if the Universities can accept my Masters (in a pursue for PhD) that would be sure indication NZ gov is unfair, because going for PhD there would be higher standards then just for immigrating.
After all is it right to conclude that immigration is a business for NZ like tourism. There is so much beautiful stories about NZ on one side (we are righteous, we are fair, we are not corrupted, etc), and after luring big number of potential immigrants, they have so much demand for entering the country that they can now choose what they really need and to just take money of majority of others and to forget it all.
And this money is extremely big for someone form Eastern Europe (like me), not to say about Asia or Africa. The more desperate immigrant are, they would take much effort, and to invest more time, but it all just do not matter for NZ gov as it looks like.
Please share this story and investigate it.
You are the first to know it.
I would share this story worldwide.
Regards
Stjepan Suman
Croatia
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newsdesk@nzherald.co.nz
Message body
sorry, I forgot to say that all NZ universities and faculties with PhD program in Agriculture accepted my Masters with no any problem at all.
But NZ gov bodies for recognising level of my education leveled my Masters with 2 years of schooling after high school, not after University degree, so they stole a whole 4 year degree from me, and thus they stole 10 points from me. And thus they stole my money, unfairly,
stole my 15 years of dedication and sacrifice, and after robbing me, they just throw me in the trash.
Good day,
Stjepan
Post je objavljen 13.07.2016. u 10:29 sati.