International Travel To Australia (appointed, legal, moving)
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I am afraid you will probably need to wait for some time as all countries are ravaged economically. Immigration is based on the country’s economic needs and when unemployment is very high, as it will be for quite some time, there will be a lot less immigrants accepted.
It is likely that you would not even be able to enter New Zealand or even Australia for many months.
lhafer, don't give up on New Zealand. Entry is restricted to citizens and permanent residents at the moment, but it won't always be that way. If your husband got an infrastructure related job, employers can request exemptions to border entry restrictions under the "critical worker" category. In the longer term, chemical engineers are on the long term skills shortage list, which gives extra points in the residency process.
lhafer, don't give up on New Zealand. Entry is restricted to citizens and permanent residents at the moment, but it won't always be that way. If your husband got an infrastructure related job, employers can request exemptions to border entry restrictions under the "critical worker" category. In the longer term, chemical engineers are on the long term skills shortage list, which gives extra points in the residency process.
Thanks. He's considered an essential worker here. He is the Operations Manager of a large chemical refinery. He's basically second in command there, right under the site manager. He's been a site manager for a smaller plastics plant as well - when they moved us to the Netherlands (same company) a few years ago. He's been with the same company for 20 years - so leaving would be very difficult for him.
Thanks. He's considered an essential worker here. He is the Operations Manager of a large chemical refinery. He's basically second in command there, right under the site manager. He's been a site manager for a smaller plastics plant as well - when they moved us to the Netherlands (same company) a few years ago. He's been with the same company for 20 years - so leaving would be very difficult for him.
How long were you in the Netherlands? That seems like a good option too
How long were you in the Netherlands? That seems like a good option too
2 years from 2015-2017. Would love to go back there. But my oldest child needs help and support with school, which is why we had to leave early in the first place. I couldn’t get her in any of the learning support programs at the international schools (waiting lists). But I would got back and liven there in a heartbeat! We actually had plans to try to stay permanently when we lived there.
I cannot speak for NZ but Australia is harsh when it comes to the health status of potential immigrants. Depending on the extent of your child’s problems you may find that would stop you being accepted here.
Anyway with the way this virus is surging in Victoria, the borders look like staying shut for quite a while. I think until there is some clarity as to whether the vaccine trials in the US and UK are likely to be effective.
It will be interesting to see how long Australia and NZ keep their borders shut. Qantas last I looked was going to resume international flights in March 2021 but I think it may be longer than that.
Covid has spread everywhere so vaccine or no vaccine it's going to be part of the human condition permanently going forward, just as other coronaviruses are.
I've been planning my next trip every evening with the latest updated Australia road atlas I could get. As I go through page by page it triggers my memory and I've been writing down "things to do" and "places to see".
It will be interesting to see how long Australia and NZ keep their borders shut. Qantas last I looked was going to resume international flights in March 2021 but I think it may be longer than that.
Covid has spread everywhere so vaccine or no vaccine it's going to be part of the human condition permanently going forward, just as other coronaviruses are.
I've been planning my next trip every evening with the latest updated Australia road atlas I could get. As I go through page by page it triggers my memory and I've been writing down "things to do" and "places to see".
I would expect that if and when there is a vaccine, travellers entering the country will need evidence of having been vaccinated or proper medical evidence allowing an exemption. As is the case now with yellow fever if having been to various countries. And was the case not too many years ago for smallpox.
Otherwise the flights will probably resume with expanded numbers being allowed to enter, with self-paid quarantine.
Covid has not spread to all parts of Australia and New Zealand. At the moment it is very serious in Victoria and the 19 community cases in NSW and one in Qld announced today are causing great anxiety. Geographically the majority of the country is Covid free but of course mostly sparsely populated.
I would be thinking about 2022 before tourism ramps up again. The first travellers to be allowed in will be international students and possibly some legal immigrants.
I would expect that if and when there is a vaccine, travellers entering the country will need evidence of having been vaccinated or proper medical evidence allowing an exemption. As is the case now with yellow fever if having been to various countries. And was the case not too many years ago for smallpox.
Given how the vaccine will likely work it's more likely that Australia will need to carry out a wide scale domestic vaccination program before allowing any large scale tourism.
Given how the vaccine will likely work it's more likely that Australia will need to carry out a wide scale domestic vaccination program before allowing any large scale tourism.
Yes, true. If it is not very effective tourists from countries with low vaccination rates will not be very welcome.
The truth is no one knows what is going to happen moving forward. So hard for anything to be planned.
Eg Hamilton Island is reopening its resort facilities tomorrow. As it has turned out, the day that greater Sydney joins the hotspot list, so not the reopening they had planned at all.
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