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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Overseas nurses may be able to gain NZ visa as skilled migrants
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:02:42
	Publish Date:		2022-10-14 04:35:00
	Description:		A breakthrough for some migrant nurses who've been fighting to get on the fast-track to residency - but it's not exactly the breakthrough they were after. New advice suggests some nurses may be able to skip the two-year-working requirement by applying through the separate Skilled Migrant category - which the government announced this week will soon reopen. But nurses shouldn't celebrate too soon - with warnings that pathway could be sluggish and more expensive. Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.
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