I got a New Zealand green card and want to go to Australia at once.

To get a New Zealand green card, you need a visa to Australia. You can't go without a visa. If you are a New Zealand citizen, you don't need a visa to go to Australia, but you don't enjoy the welfare of Australia. If you want to enjoy the welfare of Australia, you need to apply for immigration to Australia.

The right of permanent residence in Australia is actually embodied by the Zhang Yongjiu residence visa affixed to the passport of the original country of residence. A permanent residence visa not only allows you to live in Australia permanently, but also allows you to travel to and from Australia freely and indefinitely within five years. At the same time, Australian permanent visa holders are free to settle in New Zealand and enjoy all the rights of the New Zealand green card.

From the welfare policy, the holders of new permanent residence visas are not allowed to apply for unemployment relief, emergency comprehensive relief and student allowance in the first two years, and other welfare benefits are the same, such as free primary and secondary education, student loans and free medical care. Hold a green card for 2 years and you can enjoy all the benefits in Australia.

After getting an Australian green card, you can apply for Australian citizenship if you meet certain conditions. 4. 18 before the reform, naturalization only required that you have lived in Australia for two years in the five years before the application; And lived in Australia 12 months within 24 months before the application.

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A green card is a permanent residence permit for foreign citizens. Holding a green card means that the cardholder has the permanent residence in the issuing country, and at the same time, holding a green card can exempt entry visas for a certain period of time.

The word green card originated in the United States, because the earliest permanent residence permit in the United States was a green card. With the change of design, 20 versions were updated, but the name of green card was retained. In May of 20 10, the green card turned green again, and a yellow-green pattern was added to the previous white background.

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