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NZ Work Visa Changes
INZ have today announced a raft of changes to NZ work visas. There are 4 key changes. Automatic Visa ExtensionsExtensions to all existing employer-assisted temporary work visas for people who are in New Zealand and whose visas are due to expire before the end of 2020...
NZ Labour Market Testing – July Update
As Immigration NZ staff return to full strength, we are seeing a growing trend of case officer’s seeking updated labour market testing evidence. Applications that were lodged pre-Covid had the LMT completed between December and February, but these applications are...
5 Common Mistakes in NZ Essential Skills Work Visa Applications
Covid 19 has changed the NZ labour market and it will get very difficult to obtain labour market tested work visas. Here are the top 5 mistakes we see in NZ Essential Skills work visa applications. Lack of recent advertising Normally, an Essential Skills work visa...
Superpowers – The Immigration (COVID-19 Response) Amendment Bill
As you may be aware, the NZ government is introducing a bill to give them some almighty powers during this pandemic. They are looking at gaining: the power to impose, vary or cancel conditions for classes of temporary entry class visa holdersthe power to vary or...
Immigration Reset – the impact of Covid-19
I hope all of you and your families are safe and well. Our thoughts are especially with our migrant workers who have remained in NZ away from their families during this unprecedented time. Things have changed and it is a very unsettling time for migrants. Immigration...
NZ Employers – Partnerships cannot support visas
We have been advised by Immigration NZ (INZ) that their legal section has recently sent out a reminder to all staff that partnerships are not considered to be legal entities and therefore cannot support work visa applications. INZ issued a Visa PAK 237 back in 2015...
Has the NZ Partnership category really been fixed?
Partnership applications have been the subject of much attention recently, when INZ tightened up their approach to visas for people who have little or no evidence of living together with their New Zealand partner. In the past, officers often granted General Visitor...
Tips on Partnership Interviews
Partnership interviews seem to be on the rise, so I thought it was timely to provide some tips on the subject. Although I have extensive experience in interviewing techniques and the line of questioning that may be asked, my philosophy with our clients is not to...
Proposed NZ Work to Residence Changes – Closing a pathway to residency.
The proposed immigration changes the government recently have announced is looking to close the door to residency for many of what the government call “lower-skilled” workers by raising the salary threshold to $78,000 or $37.50 per hour based on a 40-hour working week...
NZ Employers – How to attract and retain migrant workers?
We have all heard the stories of employers paying the costs and doing the hard work involved in international recruitment, only to have the worker change to a different employer within months of arriving. It is all too easy for the worker to apply for a variation of...