The Immigration Minister today announced a 2021 resident visa that will essentially give most work visa holders residence if: have lived in New Zealand for three or more years, or earn at or above the median wage ($27 per hour), or work in a role on a scarce list The...
The Minister of Immigration has in recent times alluded to a decision “very soon” by the Government that will address a “grab bag” of issues that migrants are currently facing. It is becoming more likely that the government are considering a sort of “Covid” residence...
Experienced licensed adviser, Graydon Sharratt, will be providing an informative update on recent INZ Policy changes, followed by a Q&A session on all immigration-related questions, including residence options. Recruiter John Paul Nistal...
Most of the news over the last few months has centered around the border entry of more groups of people offshore. We experienced a brief reprieve from tightly closed borders when the short-lived travel bubble opened to Australia. Sadly, the Covid-19 Delta variant...
This is to give our clients a “heads-up” that Immigration will soon be announcing that Assistant Dairy Farm Manager and Dairy Herd Manager are to be included as “skilled” in Immigration instructions. This may have significant implications for the Resident visa...
Employer assisted work visas’ expiry dates extended In an early Christmas present to migrants, the Immigration Minister today announced that all employer-assisted work visa holders and their partners and dependent children who have visas expiring from 1 January...
The median hourly wage threshold is likely to increase to $27 per hour in November 2020. The median hourly wage threshold is used by Immigration New Zealand for: determining the length of visa obtained by temporary visa holders (either three years or six...
On 7 July, the Government announced a six-month extension of employer assisted work visas that expire between the period of 10 July 2020 and 31 December 2020. Immigration New Zealand has also sent out blanket emails with wording that suggests that all migrants have...
The Minister of Immigration has just announced some significant changes to work visas that will affect most work visa holders. The changes include: Extending all existing employer-assisted temporary work visas (essential skills and work to residence) for people who...
The Immigration (Covid19 response) Amendment Act 2020 has been passed. Herewith Questions and Answers are sent out by Immigration New Zealand: Frequently Asked Questions Q: Does this Act give Government sweeping powers to make changes to visas? A: This Act gives the...
The Minister of Immigration is today presenting an urgent Immigration Bill to Parliament, which will significantly increase its power to react to the current Covid-19 crisis, for a period of 12 months. The press release calls the bill a “temporary pragmatic solution...
What happens after the interim period? The INZ has now released its internal circular which sets out more detail of the interim VOC measures (see our blog written on 16 April 2020). Workers cannot change regions, but can change employers or occupations (not both)....
