Originally Posted by
CjChris
I really haven't looked into the benefits of citizenship....focusing on PR for now...can anyone offer a summary of benefits of NZ citizenship as opposed to just having irrv status?
sorry to be ignorant to this....
A relative of ours, though you would think through and through Kiwi having come over on the Assisted Passage Scheme when he was a youngster in the 1950s, has never got citizenship. He sees no point now and just travels on his British Passport.
The key difference I think is if you work in Government. For instance if you want to work for the
NZ Security Intelligence Service you have to be a New Zealand citizen. The
Royal New Zealand Air Force requires that you gain NZ citizenship with your initial 5 year, 8 month contract. Neither the RNZN or NZ Army appear to have this stipulation; it isn't on their websites anyway!
Remember though, that some countries can be very prickly about dual citizenship and if you return home it can bar you from certain Government related jobs.