From Work to Residence

Author: Paul Merwood

In April 2002, the Department of Labour (DoL) introduced three new temporary work permit policies that were designed to provide a direct pathway from skilled temporary worker to permanent resident. The three policies included the Talent Visa (Accredited Employers), Talent Visa (Arts, Culture and Sports), and the Long Term Skill Shortage List (LTSSL) Occupation work permit. The purpose of this research was to describe the trends in Talent Visa and LTSSL Occupation applications since the policies came into effect, the characteristics of accredited employers and the migrants they employ, and the strengths and limitations of Talent (Accredited Employers) policy as experienced by key stakeholders.

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All publications in subject category: Immigration - Settlement

     · Annotated Bibliography of New Zealand Literature on Migrant and Refugee Youth
     · Benefit Receipt of Migrants to New Zealand – 2007
     · Developing a New Zealand Settlement Knowledge Base: Phase One Working Paper – A Framework and Initial Indicators
     · Experiences of Recent Business Migrants in New Zealand
     · Family Structures
     · Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand
     · International Migration Outlook – New Zealand 2008
     · International students: Studying and staying on in New Zealand
     · Life In New Zealand: Settlement Experiences of Skilled Migrants
     · Life in New Zealand: Settlement Experiences of Skilled Migrants Results from the 2007 Survey
     · Migrant and Refugee Youth in New Zealand: Statistical Profile, 1996 to 2007
     · Migrant Settlement: A review of the literature and its relevance to New Zealand
     · Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes
     · Migrants and their take-up of ESOL tuition
     · Migrants'' Experiences of New Zealand
     · Migrants’ and Parents’ Experiences of Sponsoring
     · Migration Trends 2005/06 Report
     · New Faces, New Futures: New Zealand
     · Patterns in the Sponsorship of Social Migrants
     · Patterns Of Gendered Skilled And Temporary Migration Into New Zealand
     · Settlement Assistance Needs of Recent Migrants
     · Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand
     · Skilled migrants in New Zealand: a study of settlement outcomes
     · Skilled Migrants in New Zealand: Employers’ Perspectives
     · Skilled Migrants: Labour Market Experiences
     · The Economic Impact of Immigration on Housing in New Zealand 1991–2016
     · The Evaluation of the Settlement Services Pilots
     · The Experiences of Migrant Youth

All publications in subject category: Policy or programme evaluations

     · A focus on employment retention
     · Connecting policy, research and practice: What does it mean in practice?
     · Do Minimum Wages have an Adverse Impact on Employment? Evidence from New Zealand
     · Doing Action Research
     · Evaluating the Feb 1999 Domestic Purposes Benefit & Widows Benefit Reforms
     · Evaluation of ACC Reforms: Case Study Research
     · Evaluation of the Short-Term Impacts of the Employment Relations Act 2000
     · Evidence to date on the working and effectiveness of ALMPs in New Zealand
     · Factors that help/hinder community economic development: Emerging learnings from CEDAR
     · Government-community engagement - Key learning and emerging principles
     · Immigration Research Programme: Summary of Findings 2007
     · Lessons from the Workplace Project: an evaluation of a Work-life Balance programme initiative
     · Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation
     · Report of the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy
     · Scoping Regional Migration and its Interaction with Labour Markets in New Zealand
     · Skilled Migrants in New Zealand: Employers’ Perspectives
     · Summary of Evaluation Findings from Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Policy First Season (2007/08)
     · Survey of Employment and Training Experience of People with Disabilities
     · Survey of Long-term Unemployment
     · The Costs and Benefits of Complying with the HSE Act, 1992
     · The Effect of the Employment Relations Act 2000 on Collective Bargaining
     · The effects of occupational safety and health interventions
     · The impact of employment policy interventions
     · The Workplace Literacy Fund
     · Using administrative data sources in Labour Market research
     · Work-life balance and flexibility in New Zealand: A snapshot of employee and employer attitudes and experiences in 2008