Charge of $3,100 will have to be paid if a returnee leaves again within six months, instead of the previous three months
New Zealanders overseas have reacted with despair to news that the government has doubled the time returning citizens are required to stay to avoid paying a $3,100 quarantine fee.
The changes, announced on Wednesday, mean people coming home from overseas will need to stay six months, rather than the previous three, to be exempt from the fee – a move the government has said will help make the managed isolation system “more financially sustainable”.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/anger-and-sadness-over-new-rules-for-returning-to-new-zealand-covid
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