Life in New Zealand: Settlement Experience of Skilled Migrants – Results from the 2008 Survey

Author: Yuan Zhao

This report presents findings from the 2008 Settlement Experience Feedback Survey of migrants who gained permanent residence in New Zealand through the Skilled/Business Stream between September and December 2007.

The 2008 survey findings provided a wide range of information about early settlement experiences and outcomes for skilled migrants. The information includes three major areas:

- Expectation of and satisfaction with life in New Zealand
- Employment in New Zealand
- Living in New Zealand.

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: Baseline Information for the New Zealand Settlement Strategy Indicators
     · 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
     · From Work to Residence
     · 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
     · Transition to Permanent Residence: Job outcomes of work permit holders