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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by philliphaydon on Monday March 13, 2017 @09:27PM (#13864192)
As a New Zealander. System doesn't work in NZ...
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by hippich on Monday March 13, 2017 @09:34PM (#13864238)
Could you expand your comment? How exactly it does not work?
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by philliphaydon on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:46AM (#13865983)
It's so easy to get into New Zealand, that it's used as a stepping stone for Australia. Spend 2 years in NZ, get PR, 2 more years get Citizenship. Move to Australia without needing a visa to live/work in Australia. You may as well just hand out Citizenship on arrival.

The government isn't doing anything to make people want to come to NZ to start a business, so New Zealanders literally just pack up and move to the UK / Australia.

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