Spike In New Zealand Citizenship Applications

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Americans applying for New Zealand citizenship spiked by 70 percent in the 84 days that followed the election of President Donald Trump, the Associated Press said on Tuesday citing official government data.

The number of Americans who successfully received work visas from the authorities also increased by about 18 percent compared to the same corresponding period last year. The number of Americans visiting the country has also reportedly increased.

AP reported that the number of Americans visiting the New Zealand government's websites to gather more information about getting a citizenship, recorded a increase of over ten times, compared to the same two weeks a month before the results of the American elections were declared. It went from 305 in October to 4,146 in November.

“(It’s about) getting a bit more security or really making a longer-term decision that New Zealand is the place they want to call home… It’s been more of a flurry of excitement initially than anything that’s translated into a huge avalanche of numbers,” Cameron Pritchard, an immigration consultant at Malcolm Pacific Immigration in Wellington told AP. He also said that his company received a spike in inquiries during the American Presidential elections.

http://www.ibtimes.com/where-are-americans-moving-2017-spike-new-zealand-citizenship-applications-2507816

[OliverQ]

1. Sadly it's super hard to get into New Zealand

My parents want to retire there, but NZ won't take retirees.