Government backs down on immigration changes

[dich]

Link - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11895865

[dich]

https://www.immigration.govt.nz/abou...-work-settings

[param912003]

It seems that the SMC changes remain intact except for the new income threshold now. JandM, ChrisMwn and others, am I correct here?

[ChrisMwn]

No, my initial reading of todays announcements is that there is no changes to the proposed SMC rules, including the requirement ofr at $48.5K salary for skilled employment.

The announcements seems to be about a slight change to new essential skills rules which will no require a minimum salary of $41K to be considered lower skilled.

[param912003]

Okay, I get it. Thanks.

And is it now safe to assume that the proposed changes are final? Or it is still not final? Thanks!

[JandM]

Any set of decisions that appears on the INZ Media Centre page, as this last link does, is official. (They also announce proposals there, but the distinction is clearly made.)