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New immigration regulations introduced in 1987 based selection not on ethnic or national origin, but on applicants’ skills. Skills that had priority were listed. After people in Moscow saw the list in 1989, personnel consultant Jenny Bates was inundated with applications, mainly from engineers.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1989/4177-F
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