Immigration boom sees India overtake UK as NZ’s top work visa source

Immigration boom sees India overtake UK as NZ’s top work visa source
For the UK, the choice of countries to migrate to is an obvious one. (Image: Getty)
Jem Traylen
New Zealand has been experiencing a post-covid immigration boom, but the mix of countries from which people on work visas are coming is seeing some big changes.Veteran immigration adviser David Cooper from Malcolm Pacific suggested BusinessDesk should look at the profile of migrants now coming to our shores: “They're not coming from some of those traditional markets, the UK being the most obvious one.”Statistics NZ’s latest figures for work visa arrivals are for the year to October. They show the UK and South Africa were t...

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