Welcome,

Who We Are:

Yield Qwest is a business aggegator of more than a dozen professionals throughout New Zealand who help Americans get established in business throughout the country. It spans both the private and the public sector. It is unique in that except for the Director, Michael Reps, every other person has their own existing practices. Together, everyone works toward a single goal, and that is to uncover as many opportunities as possible and to help in as efficient manner as possible, American Migrants entering New Zealand. We specifically focus on Americans because many of us are expat Americans.

Today close to 6% of all Americans are giving thought to leaving the USA. (source: www.americanwave.com) And the two biggest challenge most Americans face are: #1 "HOW" to get into a country and #2 "WHAT" to do once you are in. This site will hopefully answer some of those difficult questions for those who are considering New Zealand as a destination. As you will see once you research further, New Zealand is a very attractive choice for new migrations.

Our People

From the public sector we work closely with Immigration NZ primarily in their Business Migration Division. We also have a good working relationship with NZ Trade and Enerprise and several departments in both Auckland and Victoria University.

In the private sector we work closely with Technology Incubators, Law and Accounting firms, Financial Services firms to include Banks, Foreign Exchange Dealers and Trust companies. We also have developed new relationships in the agricultural sector both in R&D as well as Commercial Sales and Export.

Moving to another country is not something that takes place over the course of a few weeks. Sometimes these moves take 1 to 2 years to get off the ground. The key point is to start planning now.

With that in mind there are 4 items you should take care of sooner rather than later, the reason being is that it would not take much for other countries outside of the US to close their doors were heavy increases in migration to occur. As an example both New Zealand and Australia combined only take in about 160,000 new migrants per year. This is roughly 0.030% of the total US Population. It wouldn't take much to overwhelm the immigration authorities in both countries.

4 THINGS TO START AN EMIGRATION : These are the 4 things you can do today to get the ball rolling toward emigrating to New Zealand. These 4 things take up the most time in a new application and by taking care of them sooner rather than later, you will be way ahead of the rest of the group.

1. GET A PASSPORT: Many Americans do not have one and the time line to receive one is getting longer and longer.

2. OPEN A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT in the country (s) you would consider moving to and as part of any migration. Immigration NZ will require that you demonstrate that you have funds to assist you in your settlement and generally want to see those funds here.

3. TAKE A PHYSICAL: This sounds trivial but New Zealand requires that all of its applicants not place an undue burden on the health care system. They require an immigration physical. Don't worry if you are not 100% fit, it is not a try out for the Olympic Team.

4. GET A POLICE BACKGROUND CHECK Parking fines, speeding tickets etc. These can sometimes come back to haunt you or cost you valuable time and planning. Immigration NZ requires a character check and these checks usually take up to 8 weeks to get returned. If you have been convicted of a felony this may prohibit possible entry.

5. LASTLY Have a look around the site, there are many resources at your disposal and if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. Whether you are a recent graduate, a business owner looking to relocate and/or expand, or someone who wishes to invest in the economy of New Zealand, there may be a migration path available to you.

According to IBOE Zogby as of 2011 In the US there are over 6 million Americans who would like to relocate to another country. In New Zealand only 45 thousand residencies are granted per year.

Michael Reps Bio

Emigration in 2001 leaving California for Auckland New Zealand. Born in San Francisco in 1964, Graduate of Clarement McKenna College with a degree in Phiolosophy along with over 8 years with the US Military in both Enlisted and Officer Ranks. Having spent an additional 15 years in the Investment Management area in both the US and NZ, Michael started Yield Qwest Ltd in 2008, he has helped numerous Americans make the move. He now calls Wellington home.