Photo: 123rf
Last month the government announced 50 general practice vets would be allowed to enter the country with a border exception, provided they had two-to-three years experience and were earning at least $85,000 a year.
Association chief executive Kevin Bryant said they had a good process in place with The Ministry of Primary Industries and Immigration to process the visas. We have our first 10 people at various stages of getting the visas approved and attached to those 10 people, we ve got three spouses and three dependents. We ve got all these people in the pipeline. But we ve got a process where every week we submit names through to MPI, and then on to immigration, so it s just as people complete the the criteria that are required to get into their immigration visa process. So we will have the whole 50 eventually going through the system, but obviously not all at once.
A South Canterbury veterinarian is more relieved with the news that more vets will be allowed into NZ rather than a new agreement to look after the wellbeing and mental health of those in the industry.
Veterinary Border Class Exception Announcement Helps Fill The Gap – New Zealand Veterinary Association thedailyblog.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedailyblog.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The New Zealand Veterinary Association is delighted and thanks the Ministers of Agriculture and Immigration for their announcement today that the government has granted a border class exception for an additional 50 general practice veterinarians .