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)....
Immigration New Zealand today released information about interim measures to assist essential workers during the Covid -19- response. INZ will relax visa conditions for lockdown levels 4 and 3 and for six weeks thereafter. Note that these measures do not apply to...
This is an update on the current COVID-19 situation and how it impacts you. Business as usual for Greenstone’s Licensed Immigration Advisers and Recruiters Importantly, Greenstone Global is still working as normal, and we are able to assist you with any...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
