Feb 24, 2020 | News
Good news for Skilled Migrant applications, bad news for Residence from Work Applicants. It is fair to say that Immigration New Zealand is currently under significant strain. Various factors have resulted in skyrocketing processing times and a major headache for...
Feb 10, 2020 | News
A new hope for a family reunion (but only for some) By Vanessa Sharratt -Licensed Immigration Adviser and Director The Minister of Immigration has finally released detailed instructions for the new Parent Category policy. The first EOI selection will be in May 2020,...
Nov 26, 2019 | News
Summary: New ANZSCO version for mid-2020 adoption – Dairy Herd Manager may be skilled Positions above Dairy Herd Manager (i.e. 2IC / Assistant Farm Manager), may also be considered skilled Potential additional work experience points: Farm Managers with 5 years...
Oct 31, 2019 | News
Immigration New Zealand has just announced that from 29 October 2019 certain skill level 4 or 5 occupations that are listed in Appendix 7 of its Operations Manual will be considered as skilled for both the skilled migrant residence category and the essential skills...
Oct 16, 2019 | News
From around mid 2020 changes will be made to the way the temporary visa system in New Zealand works. You can read about these changes here. Here are five reasons why these changes could be good news for dairy farm workers: Reason 1: Partners and children can come to...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
Important Immigration changes to be aware of There have been some significant announcements in the last few days involving proposed changes to the Skilled Migrant Category, Temporary visas and a new (one-off)South Island Residence option. South Island special...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
The Greenstone Global team together with the Greenstone Recruitment team will be at covered site 9 at the South Island Field Days, held in Christchurch from 29-31 March. We can answer any immigration questions you may have and can also provide a free initial...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
On 11 October 2016, the INZ announced that the number of placed available for the Capped Family Categories would be reduced to a total of 4,000 visas across the 2016/17 and 2017/18 years (down from a total of 11,000 approvals for the 2014/15 and 2015/16). Expressions...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
Immigration New Zealand announced changes to the SMC points threshold on Tuesday 11 October. To be drawn from the EOI Pool Draw, Expression of Interests must now have 160 points or more. The new requirements will be applied to all EOI pool draws starting with the EOI...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
Immigration New Zealand announced on Monday 3 October that all South African visitors to New Zealand will need to apply for visitor visas from 21 November this year. These changes are being made as a result of an increase in the number of South African nationals who...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
Steven Dunning Our team continues to grow to deal with our high caseload. Steven Dunning was born in New Zealand and grew up in a multitude of places including Christchurch, Thames, Mussoorie (India), Suva (Fiji) and Palmerston North. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
In December 2015 Immigration New Zealand announced a review of its Long Term and Immediate Skills Shortage Lists. The detailed announcement can be found here: http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/generalinformation/news/esidreview2015.html. Of particular...
