No, sorry, we don't assess at all for employment readiness. We have a very permissive partnership policy, I guess. We have recently strengthened our parent policy so that now people have to be quite well off to be able to bring their parents to New Zealand. For skilled migrants we have quite a high bar, but for partners, we regard that on a completely humanitarian basis. The only thing that we try to make sure is that the New Zealand sponsoring partner is a good person, at least in terms of convictions. So we don't prioritize people who are more likely to do well in our labour market, for example. It's all on if you're loved by a New Zealander basically then you're in.
On April 8th, 2014. See this statement in context.