I don't know, maybe because I have been through the USA one, and I've recently have had friends go through the more relaxed but still lengthy Canadian one, the Kiwi process doesn't seem that picky or harsh.
My girlfriend got hers in 3 weeks from starting the whole process, I got contacted (as I was her emergency contact) to basically get offered a free visa (unheard of) and of dozens of friends I have who routinely go in and out of Weta nobody ever had to wait for longer than 6 weeks. If you have Australian PR or passport you also get practically a freebie, and a UK passport gets you a semi-freebie. Sure, Weta does get a somewhat preferential treatment, but compared to what the rules were like during the LOTR trilogy they relaxed everything so much, especially if you have a contract at hand, it's not even funny. Somewhat recently a friend with two felony charges (minor and silly, but still recorded) was let in, his felonies flagged, and he was kindly asked not to do it again at least not on Kiwi soil, and that was it. If you have even just one recorded felony you can simply forget to put foot on Australian, USA or Canadian soil for short term employment. 3 months for an artist, neither in Auckland or Wellywood, I never heard of. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Daniel Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Raffaele. Yes it is picky. Skilled Migrant category takes almost 3 > months to get work visa, and LTSS too. 3month... seriously... Essential > skill worker? it is just 1 year, which means not good for international > worker and studio too. > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Raffaele Fragapane < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Picky? You practically get a free visa every third packet of crisps since >> Weta opened :) >> On 3 Jun 2013 19:19, "Daniel Kim" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> LOL Mirko. Yeah I would like to. I gotta blame that picky NZ immigration >>> :P >>> On 3/06/2013, at 9:14 PM, Mirko Jankovic <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Well.. "import" more of them... us ;) >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Daniel Kim <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Seems like not so much SI users here…. : / Sad… >>>> >>>> Daniel >>>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daniel Kim > Animation Director & Professional 3D Generalist > http://www.danielkim3d.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
